List of defunct sports leagues - Definition

List of defunct sports leagues

Australia

Football (soccer)

• Anglo-Australian Football Association
• Queensland British Football Association
• South Australian British Football Association
• Southern British Football Association
• Tasmania British Football Association

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
• National Hockey Association (NHA 1910-1917)
• Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA 1911-24)

Soccer

• Canadian Soccer League (CSL 1988-92)
• Canadian National Soccer League

United Kingdom

Football (soccer)

• Football Alliance (1889-1892)
• Athenian League (1912-1984)
• Chiltonian League (1984-2000)
• Surrey Senior League (1922-2003)

United States

Pro Baseball:

• All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1943-1954)
• American Association (1882-1891)
• American Association (20th century) minor league
• Federal League (1914-1915)
• National Association of Professional Baseball Players 1871-75
• Negro Leagues (Black Baseball Leagues 1887-1955)
• Players League (1890)
• Union Association (1884)
• Western Baseball League (WBL 1995-2002)
• Central Baseball League (CBL 1960, never played)

Pro Basketball:

• 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)
• National Basketball League (NBL 1937-1949)
• National Professional Basketball League (NPBL 1950-1951)
• Professional Basketball League of America (PBLA 1947-1948)
• Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL 1978-81)
• World Professional Basketball Tournament (1939-1948)
• International Basketball League (1998-2000)

Pro Football:

• AAFC - All-America Football Conference (1946-1949)
• AFL - American Football League (1926, 1936-1937, 1940-1941, 1960-1969)
• CFL - Continental Football League (1965-1969)
• 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

• International Hockey League (IHL 1945-2001)
• World Hockey Association (WHA 1972-1979)

Pro Soccer

• American Soccer League (1921-1933, 1933-85)
• 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)

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 Leagues (1977-1982)
• Roller Hockey International (RHI 1993-1999)
• World Team Tennis (WTT 1974-1978)

External Links

• http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/6925/
• North American Pro Sports Teams (http://www.angelfire.com/ns/agalley/napsl/napsl1.html) - Lists every imaginable league that has operated in Canada and / or the United States. Grouped by city.