When did the NFL start and who started it?
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The NFL (National Football League) evolved from an earlier league, the APFA (American Professional Football Association) in 1922.

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The NFL was formed on September 17, 1920 in Canton, Ohio. The idea to form a professional football league was developed by a number of businessman and players from semi-pro teams. Two determined supporters were A.E. Staley, owner of the Staley Starch Company and the Decatur Staleys football team in Decatur, Illinois and Ralph Hay, owner of of a Humpmobile Auto Company and the Canton, Ohio Bulldogs football team.

George S. Halas and nine other team representatives founded the American Professional Football Association. The membership fee was $110.00 per team. In 1922, the American Professional Football Association changed its name to the National Football League.

George Halas became the father of the NFL.

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