List of defunct sports leagues
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[edit] Australia
[edit] Australian football
- Tasmanian Football League (TFL 1879-2000)
[edit] Baseball
[edit] Rugby League
[edit] Soccer
- Anglo-Australian Football Association
- Queensland British Football Association
- South Australian British Football Association
- Southern British Football Association
- Tasmania British Football Association
- National Soccer League
[edit] Canada
[edit] Baseball
- Canadian Baseball League (CBL 2003)
[edit] Basketball
- National Basketball League (NBL 1993-94)
[edit] Ice Hockey
- Coloured Hockey League (1895-1925)
- Canadian Amateur Hockey League (1898-1905)
- Amateur Hockey Association (AHA 1893-1898)
- Federal Amateur Hockey League (1903-1906)
- Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey League (1905-1906)
- Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (1906-1909)
- Manitoba Professional Hockey League (MPHL 1907-09)
- National Hockey Association (NHA 1909-1917)
- Canadian Hockey Association (CHA 1909-1910)
- Maritime Professional Hockey League (MPHL 1910-15) - aka Interprovincal Hockey League, and Eastern Professional Hockey League
- Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA 1911-24)
- Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL 1921-1926)
- International Hockey League (IHL 1945-2001)
- Metro Junior A League (1961-63)
- World Hockey Association (WHA 1972-1979)
- Roller Hockey International (RHI 1993-1997, 1999)
[edit] Soccer
- Canadian Soccer League (CSL 1988-92)
- Canadian National Soccer League (CNSL 1922-97)
[edit] New Zealand
[edit] Rugby union
- National Provincial Championship (NPC, 1976-2005)
- Replaced by Air New Zealand Cup and Heartland Championship in 2006.
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] Basketball
- National Basketball League (1974-2003)
[edit] Football (soccer)
- Football Alliance (1889-1892)
- Athenian League (1912-1984)
- Chiltonian League (1984-2000)
- Surrey Senior League (1922-2003)
[edit] United States
[edit] Pro Baseball
- National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (1871-75)
- American Association (1882-1891)
- Union Association (1884)
- Negro Leagues
- League of Colored Baseball Clubs reorganized as Eastern Interstate League ((1887;1889-1890)
- Negro National League
- Midwestern and southern United States (1920-1931)
- Eastern United States (1933-1948)
- Eastern Colored League (1923-1928)
- American Negro League (1929)
- Negro East West League (1932)
- Negro Southern League (1932)
- Negro American League (1937-1950)
- Negro Midwest League (194?-19??)
- United States Negro Baseball League (1945-1946)
- West Coast Negro Baseball League (1946)
- Players League (1890)
- Federal League (1914-1915)
- American Association (20th century) minor league (1902-1962 and 1969-1997)
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1943-1954)
- Continental League (1960, never played)
- Senior Professional Baseball Association (1989-1990)
- Great Central League (1994)
- United League baseball (1995, never played)
- Western Baseball League (1995-2002)
[edit] Pro Basketball
Men:
- AABA-All-American Basketball Alliance (1977-78)
- AAPBL-All-American Professional Basketball League (2005)
- ABA-American Basketball Association (1967-1976)
- ABL I-American Basketball League I (1925-1955)
- ABL II-American Basketball League II (1961-1963)
- GBL-Global Basketball Association (GBL 1991-92 - December 1992, league folded midway through 1992-93 season)
- IBA-International Basketball Association (1995-2001)
- NBL-National Basketball League (1937-1949)
- NPBL-National Professional Basketball League (1950-1951)
- NRL-National Rookie League (2000-2002)
- PBLA-Professional Basketball League of America (1947-1948)
- WBA-Western Basketball Association (1978-79)
- WBL-World Basketball League (1988-1992)
Women:
- Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL 1978-81)
- Liberty Basketball Association, a woman's pro basketball league.
- American Basketball League III (ABL 1996-1998)
[edit] Amateur Basketball
- Amateur Athletic Association Basketball (AAU 1897-1982)
[edit] Pro Football
- AAFC - All-America Football Conference (1946-1949)
- AFL - American Football League (1926)
- AFL - American Football League (1936-1937)
- AFL - American Football League (1940-1941)
- AFL - American Football League (1960-1969, now the AFC of the NFL)
- CFL - Continental Football League (1965-1969)
- IFL - Indoor Football League (1999-2000)
- IPFL - Indoor Professional Football League (1999-2001)
- PIFL - Professional Indoor Football League (1998)
- PSFL - Professional Spring Football League (1991 - Training Camp)
- USFL - United States Football League (1983-1985)
- WFL - World Football League (1974-1975)
- XFL (2001)
Note: Bolded leagues were competitor of major league NFL.
[edit] Pro Hockey
- World Hockey Association (WHA 1972-1979)
- Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA 1911-1924)
- International Hockey League (IHL 1945-2001)
- Roller Hockey International (RHI 1993-1997, 1999)
[edit] Pro Soccer
- American Football Association (1896-1907)
- American Soccer League (1921-1933, 1933-83, 1988-1989)
- Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL 1993-97)
- Major Soccer League aka Major Indoor Soccer League ( 1978-1992)
- North American Soccer League (NASL 1968-1984)
- Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA 2001-2003)
- World Indoor Soccer League (WISL 1998-2001)
- United Soccer League (1984-85)
[edit] Pro Lacrosse
[edit] Other
- International Boxing League (IBL 1969-70)
- International Roller Derby League (IRDL 1935-1973)
- International Volleyball Association (IVA 1974)
- National Bowling League (NBL 1961-62)
- Major League Volleyball (1987-89)
- Pro Cricket (2004)
- Professional Slow Pitch Softball Leagues (1977-1982)
- United States Professional Volleyball (USPV 2002-2003)
- World Team Tennis (WTT 1974-1978)
- Women's American football leagues since 1998.
- Women's Western Volleyball League (WWVL 1993-1994)
[edit] External links
- Defunct sports leagues
- North American Pro Sports Teams- Lists every imaginable league that has operated in Canada and / or the United States. Grouped by city.
