behalf of the team. Well into the season, the Americans announced the signing of Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon (who had begun a career in broadcasting University of Michigan football games) for the game between the Americans and league leader Columbus. Harmon threw two interceptions while Hutchinson was similarly ineffective. In the second half, the New York fans shouted “We want [Bill] Hutchinson,” the Americans’ regular rusher. The game ended in a 0–0 tie. A loss to the Milwaukee Chiefs the following week (the last game of the season) cost the Americans the AFL championship. 1941 New York Yankees The 1941 New York Yankees, the fourth New York professional football team with the name, was a team formed and owned by Douglas Hertz after the third American Football League revoked his ownership of a franchise that was later renamed the New York Americans in August 1941. Initially an independent team, the Yankees joined the American Association in October to replace the Providence Steamroller, which dropped out of the league after only two games. Having four members of the 1940 Yankees, the 1941 edition lost all six of its American Association games (as a traveling team) and folded soon afterward. Note: won-lost record includes American Association league games only References Defunct American football teams in New York City American Football League (1940) teams American football teams established in 1940 1940 establishments in New York (state) American football teams disestablished in 1941 1941 disestablishments in New York (state)