American Football League - Fictional History

East Division As it had been in the past few years, the fight for the East Division title was close the entire season. Boston and Washington were the clear front runners before the season began, and made their cases for a division title clear as the year progressed. Washington QB Johnnie Sellers put up similar numbers to his MVP year in 1953, which might have been the reason why he would take home his second MVP from his performance this year. The usual cast of weapons on offense allowed him to shine, though an injury to WR Darius Sanderson late in the year would not see him return until the second week of the playoffs. Rookie WR Gene Cockburn excelled in his absence, and might be featured extensively once the regular #1 receiver returns to the lineup. Boston’s elite defense caved in a little bit this season, but that was expected after an elite season like last year. What changed was their offense, which finally got going after a key acquisition in the middle of the year. Former Bernh...

  1 - Cincinnati Rivermen 1956 Record: 9-3 (1st West) 1956 Result: Lost Championship Highlighted Players: OL Milton McCovery (54) & DL Fergus Prenderghast (99) The Rivermen suffering an embarrassing loss in the championship made them realize something critical. Their core was starting to reach their prime, and they needed to make a push sooner rather than later. That realization resulted in them trading for possibly the league’s best defensive linemen in Fergus Prenderghast from Cleveland. They’ll certainly need him with how the rest of the West Division is beginning to shape up. Their defense is now arguably as good as Chicago’s: Prenderghast and fellow DL JJ Worthington should be a lethal 1-2 combination to terrorize offensive lines, LB Cade Masters has developed into a very solid top option at linebacker, and DB Kerry Lantz proving worthy of his DPOY award a year ago to be one of the corners in the league. Their main issue now is that their key players are starting to get up...

  Round 1 1 - Cleveland - DL Hank Jonas - Western Tennessee - DireBear 2 - Philadelphia - QB Raymond Oram - Nebraska State - DireBear 3 - Pittsburgh - OL Victor Gallagher - Maine State - Darknes 4 - New York - RB Felix Philipow - Michigan A&M - Wallflower 5 - Tri-Cities - OL Jerry Wineberg - McTyeire - Wallflower 6 - Detroit - S Roger Cedrick - Oklahoma - DireBear 7 - Buffalo - RB Duke Cooper - Alabama State - TheEnigmaticOne 8 - Pittsburgh (From CHI) - WR John Waterloo - Georgia A&M - idm 9 - St Louis - DB Julian Morgan - Georgia A&M - Kingsfan11 10 - Boston - DB Chris Hockenson - Ohio - Jayhawk 11 - Cleveland (From CIN) - TE Zebulon Jackson - Central Tennessee - QCS 12 - Washington - RB Rick Goldberg - University of the Bronx - joho42x The draft returned back to Chicago after two years away, and the Cleveland Crows spent almost no time making their selection, taking DL Hank Jonas out of Western Tennessee as the first overall pick. Jonas is expected to fill the shoes o...

 AACA Top 20: 1) Alabama State - 10-0 2) Ohio - 8-1 3) Michigan A&M - 8-1 4) Oklahoma - 9-1 5) Navy - 8-1-1 6) Iowa - 8-1-1 7) Mississippi - 8-1-1 8) Marsh (TX) - 7-3 9) Nebraska State - 8-2 10) St. Joseph’s - 6-3 11) Texas - 6-3-1 12) Arizona - 10-0 13) McTyeire (TN) - 7-3 14) Mississippi A&M - 6-2-1 15) North Carolina - 7-1-2 16) Northern Oregon - 6-2-2 17) Chicago Christian - 6-2-1 18) Army - 7-2 19) Wisconsin State - 6-3 20) Monticello (VA) - 9-0-1 AACA Bowls: Tournament of Roses Bowl (Los Angeles, CA) - (5) Navy 10 -7 (16) Northern Oregon Palm Bowl (Miami, FL) - (7) Mississippi 48 -21 (15) North Carolina Magnolia Bowl (Houston, TX) - (4) Oklahoma 20 -7 (8) Marsh Columbian Bowl (Chicago, IL) -  (2) Ohio 34 -20 (6) Iowa Gold Bowl (San Francisco, CA) - (3) Michigan A&M 37 -21 Los Angeles State Cigar Bowl (Tampa, FL) -  (10) St. Joseph’s 3 -0 (13) McTyeire Syrup Bowl (New Orleans, LA) - (14) Mississippi A&M 39 -7 (18) Army Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX) - (9) Neb...

Retirements QB Gilbert Clay College: Kansas Teams: Tri-Cities Black Hawks/Hawks (1946-1956) AFL Championships: 1 (1950) Awards: Most Valuable Player (1950) In college, Clay was a pretty good but not amazing player. He only got a single contract once he graduated college, and not even for the team that was closest to him. He would have to travel to Iowa, joining the Hawks just a year after they won their second title in the MWFC. He was brought in as an extra player in case of injury, not taking a single step on the field due to the regular starter going down with injury. He lit a fire under a Hawks team that was starting to be past its prime, taking the Hawks to finish runner-up in his second year as a starter. His play transferred well into the AFL, winning the first Most Valuable Player award and taking the Hawks to win the first championship in the AFL. For a future that would look so bright, that 1950 season would be his peak. He was never able to re...

After paying tribute to his father for one more season by wearing the uniforms most associated with the team, Detroit Knights owner Florian Riddle decided that a new era was needed for Detroit football.  Their main logo got rid of the interlocking swords in favor of the shield alone. Riddle had wanted the logo to be representative of Detroit as a whole, integrating the design of the city’s flag into the four quarters of the shield with a D in the center. There were a few alterations from flag to logo, mainly reducing the number of Normal lions and fleurs-de-lis to better fit within the shield. However, they did increase the number of stars by 1 to 14 to represent the total number of championships they had won across all the leagues they played in. Their shades of red and blue were altered slightly, though that could be attributed to the new supplier for their uniforms.    Controversially, the team deviated from their shoulder yoke for the first time in their history. “[Th...