Australia

Australian football

• Tasmanian Football League (TFL 1879-2000)

Baseball

• Australian Baseball League

Rugby League

• New South Wales Rugby League
• Super League

Soccer

• Anglo-Australian Football Association
• Queensland British Football Association
• South Australian British Football Association
• Southern British Football Association
• Tasmania British Football Association
• National Soccer League

Canada

Baseball

• Canadian Baseball League (CBL 2003)

Basketball

• National Basketball League (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
• Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA 1911-24)
• National Hockey Association (NHA 1909-1917)
• Canadian Hockey Association (CHA 1909-1910)
• Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (1906-1909)
• Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey League (1905-1906)
• Federal Amateur Hockey League (1903-1906)
• Canadian Amateur Hockey League (1898-1905)
• Amateur Hockey Association (AHA 1893-1898)
• Metro Junior A League (1961-63)

Soccer

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

United Kingdom

Soccer

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

United States

Pro Baseball

• National Association of Professional Baseball Players (1871-75)
• American Association (1882-1891)
• Union Association (1884)
• Negro Leagues
  • League of Colored Baseball Clubs (1887)
  • League of Colored Baseball Clubs reorganized as Eastern Interstate League (1889-1890)
  • Negro National League
    • Midwestern and southern United States (1920-1931)
    • Eastern United States (1933-1948)
  • Eastern Colored League (1923-1928)
  • American Negro League (1929)
  • Negro East West League (1932)
  • Negro Southern League (1932)
  • Negro American League (1937-1950)
  • Negro Midwest League (194?-19??)
  • United States Negro Baseball League (1945-1946)
  • West Coast Negro Baseball League (1946)
• Players League (1890)
• Federal League (1914-1915)
• American Association (20th century) minor league (1902-1962 and 1969-1997)
• All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1943-1954)
• Continental League (1960, never played)
• Great Central League (1994)
• Western Baseball League (1995-2002)
• Senior Professional Baseball Association (1989-1990)

Pro Basketball

• All-American Basketball Alliance (AABA 1977-78)
• All-American Professional Basketball League (AAPBL 2005)
• 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)
• Global Basketball Association (GBL 1991-92 - December 1992, league folded midway through 1992-93 season)
• Liberty Basketball Association, a woman's pro basketball league.
• National Basketball League (NBL 1937-1949)
• National Professional Basketball League (NPBL 1950-1951)
• Professional Basketball League of America (PBLA 1947-1948)
• Western Basketball Association (WBA 1978-79)
• Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL 1978-81)
• World Professional Basketball Tournament (1939-1948)
• World Basketball League (1988-1992)
• International Basketball League (1999-2001)

Pro Football

• AAFC - All-America Football Conference (1946-1949)
• AFL - American Football League (1926, 1936-1937, 1940-1941, 1960-1969 (note: 1960-1969 league exist as AFC in NFL today)
• CFL - Continental Football League (1965-1969)
• IFL - Indoor Football League (1999-2000)
• IPFL - Indoor Professional Football League (1999-2001)
• PIFL - Professional Indoor Football League (1998)
• 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

• World Hockey Association (WHA 1972-1979)
• Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA 1911-1924)
• Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL 1921-1926)
• International Hockey League (IHL 1945-2001)
• Roller Hockey International (RHI 1993-1997, 1999)

Pro Soccer

• American Football Association (1896-1907)
• American Soccer League (1921-1933, 1933-83, 1988-1989)
• Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL 1993-97)
• 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)
• World Indoor Soccer League (WISL 1998-2001)
• United Soccer League (1984-85)

Pro Lacrosse

• National Lacrosse League (1974-75)

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)
• Pro Cricket (2004)
• Professional Slow Pitch Softball Leagues (1977-1982)
• United States Professional Volleyball (USPV 2002-2003)
• World Team Tennis (WTT 1974-1978)
• Women's Western Volleyball League (WWVL 1993-1994)

External links

• Defunct sports leagues
• North American Pro Sports Teams- Lists every imaginable league that has operated in Canada and / or the United States. Grouped by city.

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