World Football League

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professional American football league

The World Football League was a short-lived professional American football league in the mid-1970s that attempted to rival the NFL with teams in the United States and abroad.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
World Football League canonical 35
1974 World Football League season 4
1975 World Football League season 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf professional American football league ⓘ
abbreviation WFL ⓘ
aimedToRival National Football League ⓘ
alsoKnownAs WFL ⓘ
champion Birmingham Americans ⓘ
championshipGame World Bowl 1974 ⓘ
competitionLevel major professional ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1975 ⓘ
firstSeason 1974 ⓘ
founded 1973 ⓘ
hadFranchise Birmingham Americans ⓘ
Birmingham Vulcans ⓘ
Charlotte Hornets (WFL) ⓘ
Charlotte Stars ⓘ
Chicago Fire ⓘ
Chicago Winds ⓘ
Detroit Wheels ⓘ
Florida Blazers ⓘ
Native Hawaiians ⓘ
surface form: Hawaiians

Houston Texans (WFL) ⓘ
Jacksonville Express ⓘ
Jacksonville Sharks ⓘ
Memphis Southmen ⓘ
New York Stars ⓘ
Philadelphia Bell ⓘ
Portland Storm ⓘ
Portland Thunder ⓘ
San Antonio Wings ⓘ
Shreveport Steamer ⓘ
Southern California Sun ⓘ
Toronto Northmen ⓘ
hadTeamIn Canada ⓘ
Hawaii ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
headquartersLocation United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
inception 1973 ⓘ
lastSeason 1975 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 2 ⓘ
playedSeason World Football League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1974 World Football League season

World Football League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1975 World Football League season
reasonForFailure financial problems ⓘ
franchise instability ⓘ
poor attendance ⓘ
ruleModificationComparedToNFL different kickoff rules ⓘ
different overtime rules ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
televisionPartner TVS Television Network ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

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

Don Maynard → leaguePlayedIn → World Football League ⓘ
Shreveport Steamer → league → World Football League ⓘ
Shreveport Steamer → playedInLeague → World Football League ⓘ
Houston Texans (WFL) → league → World Football League ⓘ
Houston Texans (WFL) → playedIn → World Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Football League season(s)
Houston Texans (WFL) → historicalLeague → World Football League ⓘ
World Football League → playedSeason → World Football League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1974 World Football League season
World Football League → playedSeason → World Football League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1975 World Football League season
Gary Davidson → coFounded → World Football League ⓘ
Paul Warfield → leaguePlayedIn → World Football League ⓘ
WFL → standsFor → World Football League ⓘ
Birmingham Americans → league → World Football League ⓘ
Birmingham Americans → playedInSeason → World Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1974 World Football League season
Memphis Southmen → league → World Football League ⓘ
Memphis Southmen → competedIn → World Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: short-lived World Football League
Florida Blazers → league → World Football League ⓘ
Philadelphia Bell → league → World Football League ⓘ
Philadelphia Bell → season → World Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1974 World Football League season
Philadelphia Bell → season → World Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1975 World Football League season
Philadelphia Bell → playedIn → World Football League ⓘ
Chicago Fire → league → World Football League ⓘ
subject surface form: Chicago Fire (WFL)
Chicago Fire → participatedIn → World Football League ⓘ
subject surface form: Chicago Fire (WFL)
this entity surface form: World Football League regular season games
Chicago Fire → historicalLeague → World Football League ⓘ
subject surface form: Chicago Fire (WFL)
Chicago Winds → league → World Football League ⓘ
Chicago Winds → homeCountryLeague → World Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Football League in the United States
Southern California Sun → league → World Football League ⓘ
Southern California Sun → shortLivedLeague → World Football League ⓘ
Portland Storm → league → World Football League ⓘ
Portland Storm → playedInSeason → World Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1974 World Football League season
Portland Storm → notableLeague → World Football League ⓘ
Portland Thunder → league → World Football League ⓘ
Portland Thunder → playedIn → World Football League ⓘ
Detroit Wheels → league → World Football League ⓘ
Detroit Wheels → playedIn → World Football League ⓘ
Jacksonville Sharks → league → World Football League ⓘ
Jacksonville Sharks → partOf → World Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Football League franchises
Jacksonville Express → league → World Football League ⓘ
Jacksonville Express → playedInSeason → World Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1975 World Football League season
Charlotte Hornets (WFL) → league → World Football League ⓘ
New York Stars → league → World Football League ⓘ
New York Stars → playedIn → World Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Football League 1974 season
Charlotte Stars → league → World Football League ⓘ
San Antonio Wings → league → World Football League ⓘ
San Antonio Wings → seasonPlayed → World Football League ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1975 World Football League season
Toronto Northmen → league → World Football League ⓘ
World Bowl 1974 → league → World Football League ⓘ
Birmingham Vulcans → league → World Football League ⓘ
Birmingham Vulcans → shortLivedLeague → World Football League ⓘ
Willie Wood → coachedLeague → World Football League ⓘ