Indirect Ties To The Indianapolis Colts
While there are no direct ties to either the Baltimore or Indianapolis Colts, the sequence of events begun by the demise of the Brooklyn Dodgers NFL team eventually resulted in the creation of the Colts franchise.
After the 1949 season the NFL added three teams from the AAFC. The AAFC Yankees players were split between the New York Giants and the New York Bulldogs who renamed themselves New York Yanks. The Dodgers-Tigers players were given to the Boston Yanks after the NFL canceled the Brooklyn NFL team franchise in 1945. After the New York Yanks folded in 1951, the NFL replaced the team with the Dallas Texans. In 1952, after the Texans folded, the NFL replaced that franchise with the Baltimore Colts, which relocated to Indianapolis in 1984. However, the NFL currently does not consider the Colts to be a continuation of the franchise once known as the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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