The National Consumer's League was founded by Florence Kelley in 1895.
Booker T. Washington
The National Football League was founded in 1920 under the name American Professional Football Association. The name was changed to National Football League in 1922.
The NHL was founded November 26, 1917
In 1923, the NFL was called the National Football League. The NFL was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football League. The named was changed to National Football League in 1922.
Rube Foster
The National League began in 1876 and the American League started in 1901. The Cincinnati Reds were the first professional team founded in 1869 and were known as the Red Stockings back then.
The National Hockey League was formed in 1917 in Montreal, it derived from the National Hockey Association which was founded in 1909
Professional baseball in the USA has a continuous history from 1876, when the National League was founded, until today. A National Association existed from 1871 to 1875, but there is controversy on whether this was an actual league or not.
It was in the year of 1920.
Rube Foster and later taken over by Gus Greenlee.
The National Football League was founded in 1920 under the name American Professional Football Association. The name was changed to National Football League in 1922.