Boston Yanks
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The Boston Yanks was a National Football League team based in Boston, Massachusetts that played from 1944 to 1948. Team owner Ted Collins picked the name "Yanks" because he originally wanted to run a team that played at New York City's Yankee Stadium. Unfortunately, the Yanks could only manage a 2-8 record during its first regular season.
Due to a shortage of players caused by World War II, the Yanks were merged with the Brooklyn Tigers for the 1945 season, and stiled as the Boston Yanks. The merged team played four home games in Boston and one in New York. But fans from neither cities cared as they finished with a 3-6-1 record.
When Brooklyn Tigers owner Dan Topping announced his intentions to join the All-America Football Conference in 1946, his NFL team was revoked and all of its players were assigned to the Yanks. But in 1948, after suffering through three more losing seasons and financial woes, Collins asked the NFL to fold the Boston Yanks for a new franchise in New York City. This new team would be called the New York Bulldogs.
Season-by-season
| Year | W | L | T | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4th East |
| 1945 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3rd East |
| 1946 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5th East |
| 1947 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3rd East |
| 1948 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 5th East |