{"product_id":"9781619307025","title":"Rivers and Streams!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids","description":"\u003cp\u003ePurchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, All-America Football Conference, All-America Football Conference Playoffs, Baltimore Colts, Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Dons, New York Yankees, Miami Seahawks, Tony Morabito, All-America Football Conference All-Star Game, Chicago Rockets, Kay Eakin, Brooklyn Dodgers. Excerpt: The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949. One of the NFL's most formidable challengers, the AAFC attracted many of the nation's best players, and introduced many lasting innovations to the game. However, the AAFC was ultimately unable to sustain itself in competition with the NFL. Three of its teams were admitted to the NFL: San Francisco 49ers , Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Colts (not related to the later NFL team that would play in Baltimore from 1953 through 1983, now the Indianapolis Colts ).The AAFC was the second American professional sports league (the first being the third American Football League ) to have its teams play in a double round robin format in the regular season: each team had a home game and an away game with each of its AAFC \"brethren.\"The Cleveland Browns were the AAFC's most successful club, having won every annual championship in the league's four years of operation.Founding The AAFC was founded by Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward on June 4, 1944. Ward was also the originator of baseballs All-Star Game and footballs College All-Star Game .Ward brought together a number of wealthy pro football enthusiasts, some of whom had previously attempted to purchase NFL franchises. Ward had previously encouraged the NFL to expand, but now he hoped to bring about a permanent second league and a championship game with the NF...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nomad Press (VT)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031754817776,"sku":"9781619307025","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619307025_p0.jpg?v=1763856558","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619307025","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}