| Named Formally used in... | Current Team |
| Los Angeles (1926-27), traveling team, folded | |
| Detroit (1925-26) folded | |
| Deactivated and controlled by league until new ownership. | |
| Kansas City (1925-26), traveling team folded | |
| Brooklyn (1926) merged with different team from Brooklyn and eventually folded. | |
| New York (AFL: 1960-62). Renamed. | |
| Dallas (NFL: 1952), folded as remainder of franchise became the Baltimore Colts. Dallas (AFL: 1960-62), relocated. | |