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The NRDL 

The six teams that made up the NRDL were the New York Chiefs, the Brooklyn Red Devils, and Jersey Jolters, the Philadelphia Panthers, the Washington-Baltimore Jets, and the Chicago Westerns. The Red Devils had no official venue and were often cast as villains to add to the sport’s theatrics.

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