• The Brooklyn Dodgers were an NFL team that played from 1930 to 1943 (and as the Brooklyn Tigers in 1944), hosting games at Ebbets Field.
  • The franchise began in 1930 when Bill Dwyer and Jack Depler bought the Dayton Triangles for $2,500, and the team immediately impressed with a 7-4-1 record, led by league scoring champion Jack McBride.
  • After a slump, Dwyer sold the team in 1933 to Chris Cagle and John Simms Kelly, and the squad nearly won its division that year before falling to the Giants.
  • In 1945, due to financial troubles and World War II player shortages, the team merged with the Boston Yanks, playing as the Yanks for that season.
  • In 1946, co-owner Dan Topping moved the franchise to the rival All-America Football Conference (AAFC), which lasted until 1949.
  • This NFL team was distinct from earlier Brooklyn squads like the Brooklyn Lions and the 1936 AFL Brooklyn Tigers.