WFL

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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.

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)