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-{{mergeto|Brooklyn Horsemen|date=March 2008}}
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-The '''Brooklyn Lions''' was a [[National Football League]] team that played in [[1926]]. The team was formed as the league's countermove to the original [[American Football League]], which also planned to field a team in Brooklyn called the [[Brooklyn Horsemen]].
-In the months before the regular season began, both leagues battled with each other for fan support and the right to play at [[Ebbets Field]]. The NFL emerged as the winner, as the Lions signed the lease to use the stadium on July 20.
-Neither the Lions or the Horseman had much success. In fact, the teams merged just after four games into the regular season, continuing in the NFL as the Brooklyn Lions. In a last-ditch effort to attract paying fans, the Lions then adopted the Horsemen nickname of the old AFL team - and lost the last three games of their existence by shutout.
-==Season-by-season==
-{| class="wikitable"
-|-
-! Year !! W !! L !! T !! Finish !! Coach
-|-
-| 1926 || 3 || 8 || 0 || 14th || [[Punk Berryman]]
-|}
-{{Defunct NFL teams}}
-[[Category:Defunct National Football League teams]]
-[[Category:New York American Football teams]]
-[[fr:Brooklyn Lions]]