The Los Angeles Dons were an American football team in the now defunct All-America Football Conference from 1946 - 1949 that played in the Los Angeles Coliseum. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with The All-America Football Conference (AAFC was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL from 1946 Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports Stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles California at Exposition
For most of their existence, the Dons compiled an average record, and never qualified for the AAFC playoffs. The Dons' high points were their two victories over the Cleveland Browns. (The Browns won all four AAFC titles and amassed a four-year record of 52-4-3 which included a perfect season. Their dominance is generally considered the biggest reason why the AAFC folded. ) Unlike the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and Baltimore Colts, the Dons were not one of the AAFC teams that remained intact when the AAFC merged with the National Football League in 1950: they merged with the crosstown Rams of the older league after the 1949 season. The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The St Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St [1]
One Dons player, William Radovich, formerly of the NFL Detroit Lions, filed a lawsuit against the NFL after being blacklisted from playing or working in it afterwards. William Alex Radovich (born June 24, 1915 in Chicago Illinois, died March 6, 2002 in Newport Beach California) is The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit Michigan. Radovich v National Football League (NFL ( 352 US 445, 1957 is a U It led to the Supreme Court ruling that professional football, unlike baseball, was subject to antitrust laws. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary.
Season-By-Season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3rd AAFC West | -- |
| 1947 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3rd AAFC West | -- |
| 1948 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3rd AAFC West | -- |
| 1949 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 5th AAFC | -- |
| Totals | 25 | 27 | 2 |
References
- ^ James P. Quirk and Rodney D. Fort, Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports, p. 438, ISBN 0691015740