✦ Played in the first American Football League (1926) and then the National Football League (1927-1929).

✦ Founded by Red Grange and C.C. Pyle.

✦ Featured the legendary Red Grange, helping popularize the sport.

✦ Played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

✦ Folded after the 1929 season due to financial struggles.

2. New York Yankees (1936)

✦ Part of the second American Football League

✦ Best player was HB Ken Strong

✦ 1937 Yankees team was plagued by player defections to the NFL

✦ Two homefields Yankee Stadium and Triborough Stadium

[b]3. New York Yankees (1940)

✦ A franchise in the third American Football League

✦ In 1941, after a new ownership, the franchise became the New York Americans

[b]4. New York Yankees (1946-1949):

✦ Played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).

✦ Reached the championship game twice but lost both times to the Cleveland Browns.

✦ Briefly merged with the Brooklyn Dodgers football team in 1949.

✦ Disbanded when the AAFC merged with the NFL, with their players divided between the New York Giants and the New York Bulldogs.

It's important to note these teams are not affiliated with the famous New York Yankees baseball team. They simply adopted the same name for their own brand recognition.