World Football League

For the later minor league of the same name, see World Football League (2008–2010). For the league originally called the World League of American Football, see NFL Europe.
World Football League
WFL official logo
SportAmerican football
Founded1973
First season1974
Ceased1975
No. of teams13 (all)
CountryUnited States
Last
champion(s)		Birmingham Americans

The World Football League (WFL) was an American football league that played one full season in 1974 and most of its second in 1975. Although the league's proclaimed ambition was to bring American football onto a worldwide stage, the farthest the WFL reached was placing a team – the Hawaiians – in Honolulu, Hawaii. The league folded midway through its second season, in 1975. A new minor football league began play as the World Football League in 2008 after acquiring the rights to its trademarks and intellectual property; it folded in 2011.