:Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)

The Brooklyn Dodgers of the new AAFC held their first training camp in the summer of 1946 out west in central Oregon in the small town of Bend.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3816747/brooklyn_football_dodgers_to_hold/ |title=Dodgers to Train |newspaper=Harrisburg Telegraph |location=Pennsylvania |date=April 20, 1946 |page=6}} Led by head coach Mal Stevens, some 62 members of the team assembled in Bend in the middle of July of that year.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Bc8sAAAAIBAJ&pg=6138%2C3073306|newspaper=Bend Bulletin |location=Oregon|title=Car lights guide Dodgers to field|date=July 15, 1946|page=1}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3820388/nfls_brooklyn_dodgers_arrive_in_bend/ |title=Brooklyn Footballers Arrive at Bend Field |newspaper=Albany Democrat Herald |location=Oregon |date=July 16, 1946 |page=8}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bc8sAAAAIBAJ&pg=6399%2C3850786|newspaper=Bend Bulletin |location=Oregon|title=Underdog black team victor in Brooklyn Dodger battle before large crowd in Bend|date=August 3, 1946|page=2}} The team played two preseason games in the Pacific Northwest, the first in Portland against the Chicago Rockets at Multnomah Stadium on August 18,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ts8sAAAAIBAJ&pg=5563%2C4419893|newspaper=Bend Bulletin |location=Oregon|agency=United Press|title=Dodgers to face Chicago Rockets|date=August 17, 1946|page=2}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G8xYAAAAIBAJ&pg=3323%2C2032027 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon|agency=Associated Press |title=Dodger-Rocket clash is first action by American loop |date=August 18, 1946 |page=19 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HMxYAAAAIBAJ&pg=6759%2C2085066 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon|title=Dodgers, Chicago play 14-14 tie at Portland |date=August 19, 1946 |page=5 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KM8sAAAAIBAJ&pg=3903%2C4458181 |newspaper=Bend Bulletin |location=Oregon|agency=United Press |title=Dodgers, Rockets tie at 14 to 14 |date=August 19, 1946 |page=3 }} and the following Saturday night in Spokane against the New York Yankees at Gonzaga Stadium.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Bi1WAAAAIBAJ&pg=6854%2C6023843 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|title=Top pro teams in game tonight |date=August 24, 1946 |page=9}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=btxXAAAAIBAJ&pg=7075%2C5637554 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=Washington|title=Yankees winners; may return here |date=August 26, 1946 |page=15 }} On August 30, 1946 they played their one and only official preseason game at the Akron Rubber Bowl against the Cleveland Browns; they lost 20-35. That season the Dodgers were second in the Eastern division with a record of 3-10-1. After 7 games, head coach Mal Stevens was replaced with Cliff Battles.{{cite web|url=https://profootballarchives.com/1946aafcbkn.html |title=1946 Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)|work=Pro Football Archives|access-date=March 1, 2025}} In 1947, they also went 3-10-1 but finished third in the Eastern Division.{{cite web|url=https://profootballarchives.com/1947aafcbkn.html |title=1947 Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)|work=Pro Football Archives|access-date=March 1, 2025}} In 1948, their last season before merging with the New York Yankees, Carl Voyles was their coach. The team went 2-10 and finished fourth in the Eastern Division of the AAFC.{{cite web|url=https://profootballarchives.com/1948aafcbkn.html |title=1948 Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)|work=Pro Football Archives|access-date=March 1, 2025}}

The star of the Dodgers was passing halfback Glenn Dobbs, an All-American at the University of Tulsa.

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| colspan="6" align="center" | Brooklyn Dodgers

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| 1946 || 3 || 10 || 1 || 2nd AAFC East || --

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| 1947 || 3 || 10 || 1 || 3rd AAFC East || --

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| 1948 || 2 || 12 || 0 || 4th AAFC East || --

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| colspan="6" align="center" | Brooklyn-New York Yankees

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| 1949 || 8 || 4 || 0 || 3rd AAFC || Lost semi-final

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!Totals || 16 || 36 || 2

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