Topic - United States Football League

The United States Football League (USFL) was an American football league which was in active operation from 1983 to 1985. It played a spring/summer schedule in its first three seasons and a traditional autumn/winter schedule was set to commence before league operations ceased. - Source: Wikipedia

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