1922. The APFA was renamed the National Football League on June 24, 1922. Four new franchises were 💴 awarded.

American football, version of the sport of football that evolved from English rugby and soccer (association football); it differs from 💴 soccer chiefly in allowing players to touch, throw, and carry the ball with their hands, and it differs from rugby 💴 in allowing each side to control the ball in alternating possessions.