The First attempts at creating a European American Football League were in the 1970s following the hit film M*A*S*H and its climactic ending featuring an American Football game which intrigued European audiences.
Following on from this a couple of failed start-ups led in 1991 to the National Football League (NFL) creating the World League of American Football (WLAF) as a Development League. After two years with teams in USA, Canada and Europe it was shelved and returned in 1995 as a Europe-only league which itself was shelved in 2007 in order to promote the NFL itself in Europe through the International Series of NFL regular season games in London.
World Football Leagues
European Football Leagues
World Football League
Southwest Professional Football League
World League of American Football
World League of American Football 1991-1992
World League of American Football (Seasons)
*Please also see the ELF Europe page for more on the WLAF after it became a Europe-only League from 1995 to 1997
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