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Ohio League (OL)
Seasons 1902-1919 (18 seasons)

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Leagues Football OL History Seasons

Recap

The Ohio League was an informal and loose association of American football clubs active between 1902 and 1919 that competed for the Ohio Independent Championship (OIC). As the name implied, its teams were mostly based in Ohio. Though a champion was declared by the group throughout its existence, a formal league was not founded until 1920, when several Ohio League teams added clubs from other states to form the American Professional Football Association. In 1922, the APFA became the National Football League.

Rochester's best team, the Jeffersons, was instrumental in bringing the NYPFL and the Ohio League together to form the NFL. Jeffersons owner Leo Lyons suggested to Bulldogs coach Jim Thorpe and owner Ralph Hay that a league format could eventually become as popular as Major League Baseball.

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Other concurrent football leagues:    
NYPFL  ·  NFL1  ·  WPPFC
1919 OL Season
1919 OL Season
Canton Bulldogs
1918 OL Season
1918 OL Season
Dayton Triangles
1917 OL Season
1917 OL Season
Canton Bulldogs
1916 OL Season
1916 OL Season
Canton Bulldogs
1915 OL Season
1915 OL Season
Youngstown Patricians
1914 OL Season
1914 OL Season
Akron Parratt's Indians
1913 OL Season
1913 OL Season
Akron Parratt's Indians
1912 OL Season
1912 OL Season
Elyria Athletics
1911 OL Season
1911 OL Season
Shelby Blues
1910 OL Season
1910 OL Season
Shelby Blues and Tigers
1909 OL Season
1909 OL Season
Akron Indians
1908 OL Season
1908 OL Season
Akron Indians
1907 OL Season
1907 OL Season
All-Massillons Pros
1906 OL Season
1906 OL Season
Massillon Tigers
1905 OL Season
1905 OL Season
Massillon Tigers
1904 OL Season
1904 OL Season
Massillon Tigers
1903 OL Season
1903 OL Season
Massillon Tigers
1902 OL Season
1902 OL Season
Akron East Ends

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