List Of Defunct Sports Leagues

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Australian football

Tasmanian Football League (TFL 1879-2000)

Baseball

Australian Baseball League

Rugby League

New South Wales Rugby League

Super League

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

CANADA

Baseball

Canadian Baseball League (CBL 2003)

Basketball

National Basketball League (Canada) (NBL 1993-94)

Ice Hockey

Manitoba Professional Hockey League (MPHL 1907-09)

Maritime Professional Hockey League (MPHL 1910-15) - aka Interprovincal Hockey League, and Eastern Professional Hockey League

Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA 1911-24)

National Hockey Association (NHA 1909-1917)

Canadian Hockey Association (CHA 1909-1910)

Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (1906-1909)

Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey League (1905-1906)

Federal Amateur Hockey League (1903-1906)

Canadian Amateur Hockey League (1898-1905)

Amateur Hockey Association (AHA 1893-1898)

Metro Junior A League (1961-63)

Soccer

Canadian Soccer League (CSL 1988-92)

Canadian National Soccer League

UNITED KINGDOM

Soccer

Football Alliance (1889-1892)

Athenian League (1912-1984)

Chiltonian League (1984-2000)

Surrey Senior League (1922-2003)

UNITED STATES

Pro Baseball

National Association Of Professional Baseball Players (1871-75)

American Association (1882-1891)

Union Association (1884)

Negro League s

--- League Of Colored Baseball Clubs (1887)

--- League Of Colored Baseball Clubs reorganized as Eastern Interstate League (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??)

--- 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)

Great Central League (1994)

Western Baseball League (1995-2002)

Senior Professional Baseball Association (1989-1990)

Pro Basketball

All-American Basketball Alliance (AABA 1977-78)

All-American Professional Basketball League (AAPBL 2005)

Amateur Athletic Association Basketball (AAU 1897-1982)

American Basketball Association (ABA 1967-1976)

American Basketball League (ABL 1925-1955)

American Basketball League (ABL 1961-1963)

American Basketball League (ABL 1996-1998)

Global Basketball Association (GBL 1991-92 - December 1992, league folded midway through 1992-93 season)

Liberty Basketball Association , a woman's pro basketball league.

National Basketball League (NBL 1937-1949)

National Professional Basketball League (NPBL 1950-1951)

Professional Basketball League Of America (PBLA 1947-1948)

Western Basketball Association (WBA 1978-79)

Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL 1978-81)

World Professional Basketball Tournament (1939-1948)

World Basketball League (1988-1992)

International Basketball League

Pro Football

AAFC - All-America Football Conference (1946-1949)

AFL - American Football League (1926, 1936-1937, 1940-1941, 1960-1969 (note: 1960-1969 league exist as AFC in NFL today)

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)

Pro Hockey

World Hockey Association (WHA 1972-1979)

Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA 1911-1924)

Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL 1921-1926)

International Hockey League (IHL 1945-2001)

Roller Hockey International (RHI)

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)

Pro Lacrosse

National Lacrosse League (1974-75)

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)

Professional Slow Pitch Softball League s (1977-1982)

World Team Tennis (WTT 1974-1978)

Women's Western Volleyball League (WWVL 1993-1994)

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