[Ads-l] Antedating of "NFL"

[Steven Losie]

ProQuest has the New York Daily News using the abbreviation as early as
1925:

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[headline] GRID SCHEDULE OF N.F.L. READY
The 1925 schedule of the National Football league, which includes
twenty-one clubs, was completed at a meeting in Chicago recently.
[end quote]
Source: New York Daily News, 4 Aug 1925, p.27, col.4 (ProQuest Historical
Newspapers)

An early non-Daily News source:

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[headline] N.F.L. Announces Its 1935 Schedule
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 19 (AP) — The National Football League will launch its
1935 season Sept. 13, with a night game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and
the Philadelphia Eagles at Temple Stadium, Philadelphia.
[end quote]
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 1935, p.8, col.4 (ProQuest
Historical Newspapers)

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