List of defunct Pennsylvania sports teams

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This is a list of former sports teams from the US state of Pennsylvania:

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Australian rules football

American leagues

United States Australian Football League

Baseball

Major baseball leagues

American Association (1882–1891)

Federal League (1913–1915)

National Association of Base Ball Players (1861–1870)

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (1871–1875)

Negro leagues (1885–1951)

Players' League (1890)

Union Association (1884)

Minor League Baseball

Atlantic League of Professional Baseball

Eastern League (1923–current)

Frontier League (1993–current)

International League (1885–)

New York–Penn League (1939–)

Heartland League

North Atlantic League

Northern League

Basketball

Major basketball leagues

National Basketball Association (NBA)

Minor basketball leagues

American Basketball Association (1967–1976)

American Basketball League

Continental Basketball Association

National Alliance of Basketball Leagues(1938–)

United States Basketball League

Women's Basketball League

  • Philadelphia Fox 1979 (folded mid-season)

Football

Major football leagues

Early athletic clubs

American Association (football)

American Football League (1926)

American Football League (1936)

Anthracite League

Eastern League of Professional Football

National Football League

World War II merger teams

Mid Continental Football League

National Football League (1902)

United States Football League

World Football League

Pennsylvania Professional Football League (1946–1949 ) [1] [2]

  • Eastern Division
    • Shamokin Indians [3]
    • Pottsville Maroons [3]
    • Shenandoah Presidents [3]
    • Allentown Buccaneers [3]
    • York Roses [3]
    • Harrisburg Senators [3]
    • Philadelphia Yellow Jackets [3]
  • Western Division
    • McKeesport-Duquesne Ironmen [4]
    • New Kensington Alumineers [4]
    • Johnstown Clippers [4]
    • McKees Rocks Rockets [4]
    • Altoona Mountanineers [4]
    • Jeannette Boosters [4]

Anthracite Professional Football League (1949) [5]

  • Shamokin Maroons [6]
  • Tamaqua [6]
  • Mahanoy City [6]
  • Hazleton [6]

Arena/indoor football

Arena Football League

American Indoor Football Association

Continental Football League

  • Philadelphia Bulldogs 1965–1966

Indoor Football League

National Indoor Football League

Hockey

Major hockey associations

National Hockey League

World Hockey Association

Western Pennsylvania Hockey League

Minor leagues

American Hockey League

East Coast Hockey League/ECHL

Eastern Hockey League

International Hockey League (1929–1936)

Mid-Atlantic Hockey League

North American Hockey League

Roller Hockey International

Lacrosse

Major American leagues

National Lacrosse League

Soccer

Major leagues

North American Soccer League

Minor leagues

Continental Soccer League

American Soccer League

Major Indoor Soccer League

National Professional Soccer League

United Soccer Leagues Second Division

USL Championship

  • Penn FC (2003–2018; known as Harrisburg City Islanders before the 2018 season)

Women's United Soccer Association

Women's Professional Soccer

Softball

Men's Professional Softball

APSPL, NASL, UPSL

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