Dayton Triangles - Lineage

Lineage

Due to numerous transactions over the years, it can be argued that the Triangles still exist today. The Dodgers would merge with the Boston Yanks franchise in 1945 (with the Brooklyn half "moving" to the AAFC the next year as the New York Yankees); in 1949, the Yanks moved to New York and became the New York Bulldogs. The Bulldogs were renamed the New York Yanks in 1949. The team was "sold back" to the NFL in 1952 and awarded to a group from Texas, who moved it to Dallas for the 1952 season as the Dallas Texans. The Texans failed after one year and was sold back to the NFL, who folded the Texans franchise, and its remains were awarded to an ownership group in Baltimore to form the second version of the Baltimore Colts. The Colts moved to Indianapolis in 1984 and are still playing as the Indianapolis Colts.

However, throughout all of these mergers and relocations, the NFL currently does not consider the Colts (now based in Indianapolis) to be a continuation of the franchise once known as the Dayton Triangles.