The Brooklyn Dodgers football team was a charter member of the??All-America Football Conference (AAFC) starting in 1946. Following the 1948, season, the Dodgers were merged with the crosstown football Yankees to become the Brooklyn-New York Yankees, leaving the league with seven teams. At the end of the 1949 season, three AAFC teams joined the NFL but New York was not one of them.
The sweatshirt is great, but the image on the website needs to be updated. A short sleeved shirt is shown and I think that led to confusion with my initial order.