New York Yankees (AAFC)

For the professional baseball team, see New York Yankees.

New York Yankees
Founded	1946
Folded	1949
Based in	New York, New York, United States
League	All-America Football Conference (1946-49)
Team History	New York Yankees (1946-1949)
Team Colors	Red, White, Blue
Head coaches	Ray Flaherty (1946-1949)
Owner(s)	Dan Topping
Home field(s)	Yankee Stadium

The New York Yankees were a professional American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 to 1949. The team played in Yankee Stadium in the Bronx and often played in front of sold-out crowds^{[citation needed]}. They were owned by Dan Topping, who brought many of his Brooklyn football players from the National Football League to the AAFC. The team's coach was Ray Flaherty, who had coached the Washington Redskins in the early 1940s. The NFL canceled its Brooklyn team.

The Yankees appeared in the 1946 AAFC championship game, but lost to the Cleveland Browns by a score of 14-9. The same two teams appeared in the championship game the following year, with the Browns winning again 14-3.

Before the 1949 season, the Brooklyn Dodgers football team folded and merged into the Yankees, which became the Brooklyn-New York Yankees, but this was the final season of the AAFC, which then merged with the NFL. The Yankees players were divided between the New York Giants and New York Bulldogs, who returned to their Yanks (from Boston) nickname in 1950.

Players of note

• Brad Ecklund
• Nate Johnson
• Bruiser Kinard
• Tom Landry
• Clarence Parker
• Spec Sanders
• Otto Schnellbacher
• Frank Sinkwich
• Bob Sweiger
• Arnie Weinmeister

Season records

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
New York Yankees
1946	10	3	1	1st AAFC East	Lost to Cleveland, 14-9, in AAFC Championship Game
1947	11	2	1	1st AAFC East	Lost to Cleveland, 14-3, in AAFC Championship Game
1948	6	8	0	3rd AAFC East	Did Not Qualify
Brooklyn-New York Yankees
1949	8	4	0	3rd AAFC	Lost to San Francisco, 17-7, in AAFC Semifinal Playoffs
Totals	35	17	2

Sources

• Professional Football Researchers Association
• New York Yankees (AAFC) football records
• PFRA article explaining the difference between the NFL Bulldogs/Yanks and AAFC Yankees