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The New York Yankees were a professional football team that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. The team played in Yankee Stadium in the Bronx section of New York City, and often played in front of sold out crowds.
The Yankees appeard in the 1946 AAFC championship game , but lost to the Cleveland Browns.
The Yankees are one of two major league franchises to operate in the City of NewYork; the other team is the NewYork Mets of the National League.
NewYork pitcher Jack Chesbro threw a wild pitch in the ninth inning which allowed the eventual pennant-winning run to score for the Boston Americans.
The Yankees are only the third franchise in sports history to draw over 4 million in regular season attendance at their own ballpark (the others being the 1993 Toronto Blue Jays with 4,057,947 and the 1993 Colorado Rockies with 4,483,350).