Today in sports history, September 17
On September 17, 1920, representatives of 11 professional football teams assembled in Canton, Ohio to establish the American Professional Football Association, which later transformed into the National Football League in 1922. Jim Thorpe was elected as the league’s first president during these meetings.
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