Los Angeles Dons

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The Los Angeles Dons were a professional American football team based in Los Angeles that competed in the All-America Football Conference in the late 1940s.

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Los Angeles Dons canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct American football team
professional American football team
abbreviation AAFC
activeSeasons 1946
1947
1948
1949
competitionLevel major professional
conference AAFC Western Conference
country United States
didNotJoin National Football League
dissolved 1949
division AAFC Western Division
era late 1940s
finalSeasonRecord 1949 AAFC season
foundedBy Benjamin F. Lindheimer
Bob Hope
Louis B. Mayer
homeCity Los Angeles, California
homeStadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
homeStadiumSharedWith UCLA Bruins football
University of Southern California Trojans football
homeVenueType outdoor stadium
inception 1946
league All-America Football Conference
location Los Angeles
notableCoach "Dud" DeGroot
Jimmy Phelan
notablePlayer Glenn Dobbs
John Kimbrough
Tom Harmon
playedFirstSeasonIn All-America Football Conference 1946 season
playedLastSeasonIn All-America Football Conference 1949 season
reasonForDissolution AAFC–NFL merger
region Southern California
sharedMarketWith Los Angeles Rams
sport American football
status defunct
teamColors gold
green
white

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All-America Football Conference hadTeam Los Angeles Dons
Angelo Bertelli draftedBy Los Angeles Dons
Western Division (AAFC) hadTeam Los Angeles Dons
subject linked to: Western Division
All-America Conference team Los Angeles Dons