Joseph Rosentover (12 January 1903 - 4 December 1973) became the manager and president of the American Association football league in 1936 and also became the president of

Atlantic Coast Football League The Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL) was a professional American football Minor league football (gridiron), minor league that operated from 1962 to 1973. Until 1969, many of its franchises had working agreements with National Football Leagu ...

in 1963.

Personal life

Rosentover was born in 1903. He died at the age of 70 in 1973.

American Association

In 1936, when he was 33, Rosentover was made president of the newly founded American Association. In 1940 the league started to include teams from Ohio and Pennsylvania. He was inducted into the

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Hall of Fame in 1983.

Atlantic Coast Football League

In 1963, the year after the league was started, Rosentover was made president and manager of the

, a league that included teams from several former AA/AFL markets (including two, the

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and

Providence Steam Roller The Providence Steam Rollers (also referred to as the Providence Steam Roller, the Providence Steamroller and the Providence Steamrollers) were a professional American football team based in Providence, Rhode Island in the National Football Leag ...

that revived former AA teams). Rosentover was with the league through no later than the 1967 season; by 1968, Cosmo Iacavazzi had replaced him as head of the league.

References

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