WFL

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professional American football league

WFL is the abbreviation for the World Football League, a short-lived professional American football league that operated in the mid-1970s.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
WFL canonical 3
1974 WFL season 1
1975 WFL season 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf professional American football league ⓘ
abbreviation WFL self-linksurface differs ⓘ
aim to become a major professional football league ⓘ
attemptedSeasons 2 ⓘ
ceasedOperations 1975 ⓘ
championshipGameName World Bowl ⓘ
competitionWith National Football League ⓘ
World Football League Players Association ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era mid-1970s ⓘ
founded 1973 ⓘ
hadTeam Birmingham Americans ⓘ
Birmingham Vulcans ⓘ
Charlotte Hornets (WFL) ⓘ
Chicago Fire ⓘ
Chicago Winds ⓘ
Detroit Wheels ⓘ
Florida Blazers ⓘ
Hawaii Hawaiians ⓘ
surface form: Hawaiians

Houston Texans (WFL) ⓘ
Jacksonville Express ⓘ
Jacksonville Sharks ⓘ
Memphis Grizzlies (WFL proposed rename) ⓘ
Memphis Southmen ⓘ
New York Stars ⓘ
Philadelphia Bell ⓘ
Portland Storm ⓘ
Portland Thunder ⓘ
San Antonio Wings ⓘ
Shreveport Steamer ⓘ
Southern California Sun ⓘ
heldChampionship World Bowl ⓘ
surface form: World Bowl I
inauguralSeason 1974 ⓘ
notablePlayerSigned Jim Kiick ⓘ
Larry Csonka ⓘ
Paul Warfield ⓘ
numberOfSeasonsCompleted 1 ⓘ
reasonForFolding financial difficulties ⓘ
franchise instability ⓘ
poor attendance ⓘ
ruleChange action point (no kicked extra points) ⓘ
no fair catch on punts ⓘ
seven-point touchdown ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
standsFor World Football League ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
televisionPartner TVS Television Network ⓘ
WorldBowlIChampion Birmingham Americans ⓘ
WorldBowlISeason 1974 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Football League → abbreviation → WFL ⓘ
World Football League → alsoKnownAs → WFL ⓘ
WFL → abbreviation → WFL self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: World Football League
Memphis Southmen → season → WFL ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1974 WFL season
Memphis Southmen → season → WFL ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1975 WFL season
Memphis Southmen → division → WFL ⓘ
this entity surface form: WFL Central Division
Philadelphia Bell → abbreviation → WFL ⓘ
this entity surface form: PHI (WFL)