Century Division
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The Century Division was a former National Football League divisional grouping that existed during the league’s pre-merger realignment era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Century Division canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | National Football League division ⓘ |
| alignmentType | divisional grouping ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | professional ⓘ |
| conference | NFL Eastern Conference ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolutionYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| dissolvedBy |
NFL–AFL merger
ⓘ
surface form:
AFL–NFL merger
|
| divisionChampion | Cleveland Browns ⓘ |
| divisionChampionSeason |
Cleveland Browns
ⓘ
surface form:
Cleveland Browns 1967
Cleveland Browns 1968 ⓘ Cleveland Browns ⓘ
surface form:
Cleveland Browns 1969
|
| endSeason | 1969 NFL season ⓘ |
| era | pre-merger NFL ⓘ |
| establishedBy | NFL 1967 realignment ⓘ |
| geographicFocus |
Eastern United States
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Football League ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | defunct NFL division ⓘ |
| league | National Football League ⓘ |
| memberTeam |
Cleveland Browns
ⓘ
New Orleans Saints ⓘ New York Giants ⓘ Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ |
| memberTeamFromSeason |
Cleveland Browns 1967
ⓘ
Cleveland Browns 1968 ⓘ Cleveland Browns 1969 ⓘ New Orleans Saints 1968 ⓘ New Orleans Saints 1969 ⓘ New York Giants 1967 ⓘ New York Giants 1968 ⓘ Pittsburgh Steelers 1967 ⓘ Pittsburgh Steelers 1968 ⓘ Pittsburgh Steelers 1969 ⓘ St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis Cardinals 1967
St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis Cardinals 1968
St. Louis Cardinals 1969 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | 20th century ⓘ |
| notableTeam |
Cleveland Browns
ⓘ
Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ |
| playoffQualifier | Cleveland Browns ⓘ |
| predecessorStructure | NFL Eastern Conference alignment before 1967 ⓘ |
| preMerger | true ⓘ |
| realignmentEra | pre-AFL–NFL merger ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| startSeason | 1967 NFL season ⓘ |
| successorDivision |
AFC Central
ⓘ
NFC Central ⓘ
surface form:
NFC Century Division
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Eastern Conference (NFL)