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NFL American Football

NFL American Football

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Posted byifindkarmain/nfl-May 07, 2016 at 6:01 PMΔ

How Every NFL Team Got Its Name

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  • falcons

What's in a Nickname? The Origins of All 32 NFL Team Names

What do newspaper headline type and the New Deal have to do with the Oakland Raiders and Philadelphia Eagles? Here are the stories behind the nicknames of the NFL's 32 teams-and what they were almost called. ARIZONA CARDINALS The franchise began play in Chicago in 1898 before moving to St.

mentalfloss.com

Some wonderful stories in here.

Comments3
  • ifindkarmaMay 07, 2016 at 6:02 PMΔ

    Falcons were named by radio contest!

    • Jewish_PACMANMay 15, 2016 at 6:45 PMΔ

      Oakland's first football team was named by contest too, but they weren't the Raiders yet. They were originally called the Oakland Señors.

      EDIT: After reading the article, they discuss it there too. D'oh!

      • ifindkarmaMay 15, 2016 at 8:04 PM

        Good then we have independent verification.

        [/giphy it checks out]

        it checks out

NFL American Football

NFL American Football

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