Former Football Players

The following professional athletes played American-style football on the professional level with various leagues in the United States, Canada, and Europe. See National Football League for current players.

Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league in Canada. It was officially founded in 1958 making it the second oldest professional gridiron football league in North America still in operation. Most of its teams, however, predate the modern formation of the league, and many of them have been playing each other since the 1920s.

United States Football League
The United States Football League was an American football league that played from 1983 through 1985. It played a spring/summer schedule in its first three seasons. The fourth season was scheduled to play a traditional autumn/winter schedule, however, operations ceased before league play could begin.

Arena Football League
The Arena Football League is a professional indoor American football in the United States. It was founded in 1987 and remains the third longest-running professional football league in North America, after the Canadian Football League and the National Football League.

United Football League
The United Football League was a professional American football league that launched in October 2009. It operated for four seasons during the fall, competing directly with the NFL, college football, and high school football. It fielded teams in markets where there was no National Football League presence.

World American Football League
The World League of American Football, later renamed the NFL Europa, was a professional American football league which operated between 1991 and 2007. It was backed by the National Football League.

World Football League
The World Football League was a short-lived minor-league football organization that fielded teams in 1974 and but ultimately folded midway through its second season, in 1975.

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