Boston Bears (AFL)
The Boston Bears were a professional American football team that competed in the third American Football League in 1940. Owned by Sheldon H. Fairbanks, the team played its home games in the Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Coach Eddie Casey’s team was a competitive one, finishing the 1940 season with a 5-4-1 record, good for third place in the AFL, behind league champions Columbus Bullies and second-place Milwaukee Chiefs.
But success on the field did not transform itself into success in the stands. The Bears became the third professional football team to leave Boston in the space of four years and the Boston Shamrocks. Before the league’s annual preseason meeting, Fairbanks announced the dissolution of the team. Boston would welcome the Boston Yanks of the NFL in the late 1940s, but not have a stable major league football franchise until 1960, when the fourth American Football League’s Boston Patriots started play.
| Year | W | L | T | Finish | Coach |
| 1940 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3rd | Eddie Casey |
