Prior to the 1900 season, the league changed its name to the American League and moved several franchises to larger, strategic locations.

Prior to 1969, the National League champion ( the " pennant winner ") was determined by the best win-loss record at the end of the regular season.

Prior to 1947 the Indians played most of their games at League Park, and occasionally played weekend games at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

Prior to the sixth revision, responsibility for ICD revisions fell to the Mixed Commission, a group composed of representatives from the International Statistical Institute and the Health Organization of the League of Nations.

Prior to its creation as the Territory of the Saar Basin by the League of Nations after World War I, the Saarland ( or simply " the Saar ", as is frequently referred to ) did not exist as a unified entity.

Prior to the establishment of UNHCR, Fridtjof Nansen was the League of Nations High Commissioner of the Nansen International Office for Refugees, from 1922.

Prior to World War II, a number of major population transfers were the result of bilateral treaties and had the support of international bodies such as the League of Nations.

Prior to its abolition, the Cup Winners ' Cup was regarded as the second most prestigious European club competition out of the three major tournaments, behind the UEFA Champions League and ahead of the UEFA Cup, although many commentators felt the Cup Winners ' Cup was the easiest of the three competitions to win.

Prior to the opening of Melching Field, the Hatters played at old Conrad Park on the same site, which also hosted spring training games in the 1940s and 1950s and the DeLand Red Hats, a Florida State League minor league franchise.

Prior to the first game of the 1990 Major League Baseball season, played at Fenway Park, Toni Giamatti threw out the ceremonial first pitch.

Prior to 1950, professional baseball in Japan was the Japanese Baseball League.

Prior to this, in 2003, Virgin records had released The Very Best of the Human League, a DVD of most of their previously recorded music videos.

Prior to that date, highlights of the aforementioned Major League Baseball games weren't shown on SportsCenter until the games were completed.

Prior to his broadcast career, Cherry was a professional hockey player and National Hockey League coach.

Prior to joining the NFL, the Maroons played in the unofficial " Ohio League " from 1902 until 1921.

Prior to the Mad Dogs, Fred Smith was part of an ownership group ( along with such entities as the estate of Elvis Presley ) that tried to get a National Football League team into Memphis in 1993.

Prior to that, the Columbus Bullies of the American Football League ( 1940 ) played the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1941 in a three-game series, which Columbus won, 2 games to 1.

Prior to the launch of Major League Soccer in 1996, teams from Los Angeles played in the Western American Soccer League, the North American Soccer League and the American Soccer League / A-League, winning ten league championships ( 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1974, 1976 ), seven Lamar Hunt US Open Cups ( 1958, 1964, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981 ), four regional championships ( 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961 ) and one international championship ( 1975 ).

Prior to coaching the Vikings, he was the head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) for ten seasons.

On August 3, 2010, Prior agreed to an independent league contract with the Orange County Flyers of the Golden Baseball League.

Prior to the formation of the Premier League in 1992, most of the club's successes were before 1930, when it had gained league and FA Cup trophies on several occasions.

Prior to 2002, the league was known as the League of Wales, but changed its name as part of a sponsorship deal.

Prior to that, the slogan, used as the title of a 1911 poem by James Oppenheim, had been attributed to " Chicago Women Trade Unionists ".

Prior to its Broadway opening, Jake's Women was staged at the Stevens Center in Winston-Salem as part of the North Carolina School of the Arts Broadway Preview Series.

Prior to her work at the New Voters Project, Smith was an organizing director for Green Corps ' Field School for Environmental Organizing in Boston.

Prior to 1976, it was known as the Canadian Radio and Television Commission, which was established in 1968 by the Parliament of Canada to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors.

Prior to the NES version, Nintendo also made a Duck Hunt game based on Laser Clay Shooting System released in 1976.

* A. N. Prior ( 1976 ) Papers in Logic and Ethics.

Prior to 2005, after the top two cars were set, the top 14 cars in the qualifying races advanced to the field, and then between six ( 1998 – 2003 ), eight ( 1995 – 97, 2004 ), or ten ( until 1994 ) fastest cars which did not advance from the qualifying race were added, and, since 1976, between one and seven cars were added by previous year's points performance and or championship, except for 1985, when no such car was eligible for a provisional starting spot, the only time that happened in the Daytona 500 from when the provisional was added in 1976 through 2004.

Prior also sang backing vocals on the title track of Jethro Tull's 1976 album Too Old To Rock and Roll, Too Young To Die.

Prior to 1976, Alaska's personal income tax rate was 14. 5 percent — the highest in the United States.

Prior to 1976 it was part of the Diwaniya Province, which also included present day Al Muthanna Governorate and Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate.

Prior to 1976 the province was known as Muntafiq Province.

Prior to 1976 it had been named Kirkuk Province.

Prior to 1976, it was called Mosul Province and also included the present-day Dohuk Governorate.

Prior to Keith's signing with Sparrow Records and two years before the release of " No Compromise ", Tommy James ( of Tommy James and the Shondells ) released " Don't Wanna Fall Away From You " on his 1976 Fantasy album titled " In Touch ".

Prior to 1976, Cuba was divided into the following provinces ( from west to east ):

I. M. Bochenski ( Turin, 1947 ) – also quoted in Prior 1976

Prior to modern times, the three main branches of the current corporate family tree were for many years themselves systems: Norfolk and Western, formed in 1881, Southern Railway System in 1894, and Conrail, formed much later, in 1976 .< ref name = trainsmag >

Prior to his election to Congress, Castle served as a member of the Delaware General Assembly, first in the State House of Representatives ( 1966 – 1967 ) and then in the State Senate ( 1968 – 1976 ).

Prior to 1976, this is also the business section's name of New Straits Times.

Prior to 1976 it was known as Kut Province.

Prior to 1976 it was part of Ninawa Governorate, which was called Mosul Province.

Prior to 1976 the province was known as Amara Province.

Prior to the 1976 season, Lemon was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Prior to the perihelion passage, and using 28 positions obtained between 1975 August 10 and 1976 January 27, Comet West was estimated to have an orbital period of about 254 thousand years.

Note: Prior to approximately 1976, most Nikon lenses had a suffix appended directly after the " Nikkor " name that was used to denote the number of optical elements in the lens design.

Prior to the 1976 – 77 NHL season, Charron signed as a free agent with the Washington Capitals, where he played until he retired following the 1980 – 81 NHL season.