New York Yanks

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The New York Yanks American football team started in the National Football League in 1949 after Boston Yanks owner Ted Collins requested the league to fold his Boston team and give him a new one in New York City. Collins' new team began operations as the New York Bulldogs and played at the Polo Grounds. In 1950, they changed their name to the New York Yanks and moved to Yankee Stadium. The team also benefited by receiving many top players from the New York Yankees after the All-America Football Conference folded. The Yanks finished the 1950 NFL season with a winning record, however the team collapsed back to a single victory in 1951.

The franchise was reported to have been 'sold back' to the league following the 1951 season, but it is more likely the franchise was revoked by the league and canceled by the NFL. A group in Texas bought the rights to the franchise, whereupon the team was resurrected as the Dallas Texans for 1952. For the 1953 season, what remained of the Dallas Texans organization was awarded to the city of Baltimore to form the Baltimore Colts.

1 First round draft selections
2 Pro Football Hall of Famers
3 Notable players
4 Season-by-season

[edit] First round draft selections

1949 Doak Walker Back SMU
1950 none
1951 none

[edit] Pro Football Hall of Famers

New York Bulldogs
- Bobby Layne
New York Yanks
- Art Donovan
- Mike McCormack

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Season-by-season

	Year	W	L	T	Finish	Coach
Bulldogs	1949	1	10	1	5th East	Charley Ewart
Yanks	1950	7	5	0	3rd National	Red Strader
Yanks	1951	1	9	2	6th National	Red Strader

PFRA article explaining the difference between the NFL Bulldogs/Yanks and AAFC Yankees

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Defunct NFL franchises

1920s	Chicago Tigers (1920) \| Cleveland Tigers/Indians (1920-21) \| Muncie Flyers (1920-21) \| Rochester Jeffersons (1920-25) \| Rock Island Independents (1920-25) \| Akron Pros/Indians (1920-26) \| Canton Bulldogs (1920-26) \| Columbus Panhandles/Tigers (1920-26) \| Hammond Pros (1920-26) \| Detroit Heralds/Tigers/Panthers/Wolverines (1920-28) \| Buffalo All-Americans/Bisons/Rangers (1920-29) \| Dayton Triangles (1920-29) \| Cincinnati Celts (1921) \| New York Giants (Brickley's) (1921) \| Tonawanda Kardex (1921) \| Washington Senators (1921) \| Evansville Crimson Giants (1921-22) \| Louisville Brecks/Colonels (1921-23, 1926) \| Minneapolis Marines/Red Jackets (1921-24, 1929-31) \| Oorang Indians (1922-23) \| Toledo Maroons (1922-23) \| Racine Legion/Tornadoes (1922-24, 1926) \| Milwaukee Badgers (1922-26) \| St. Louis All Stars (1923) \| Cleveland Indians/Bulldogs (1923-27) \| Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos (1923-27) \| Kenosha Maroons (1924) \| Kansas City Blues/Cowboys (1924-26) \| Frankford Yellow Jackets (1924-31) \| Pottsville Maroons/Boston Bulldogs (1925-29) \| Providence Steam Roller (1925-31) \| Brooklyn Lions (1926) \| Hartford Blues (1926) \| Los Angeles Buccaneers (1926) \| New York Yankees (1927-28) \| Orange/Newark Tornadoes (1929-30) \| Staten Island Stapletons (1929-32)
1930s	Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers (1930-44) \| Cleveland Indians (1931) \| Cincinnati Reds (1933-34) \| St. Louis Gunners (1934)
1940s-50s	Boston Yanks (1944-48) \| Baltimore Colts (1950) \| New York Bulldogs/Yanks (1949-51) \| Dallas Texans (1952)