National Association
Appearance
National Association may refer to:
Politics
[edit]- National Association (South Korea), a political party 1946–1960
- Kokumin Kyōkai or National Association, a Japanese political party 1892–1899
Sports
[edit]Unless noted otherwise, each of the below is or was based in the United States
Baseball
[edit]- National Association of Base Ball Players (1857–1870), the governing body of early high-level but officially non-professional baseball
- National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (1871–1875), regarded by baseball historians as the first professional baseball league
- National Association (1879–1880), successor to the International Association after it lost its final Canadian team
- National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (NAPBL), the former name of the governing body of Minor League Baseball, established in 1901
- National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba (1907–1910), an early professional Negro baseball league
Other
[edit]- National Association of Basketball Coaches, an organization of men's college basketball coaches
- National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, a professional organization for college and university athletic directors
- National Association Football League, a semi-professional soccer league (1895–1898)
Acronym usage
[edit]- NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), a civil rights organization in the United States
- NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics), a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America
- NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company
- Nasdaq (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations Stock Market), an American stock exchange
Other uses
[edit]- National Association, or "N.A.", the official designation of federally chartered banks in the United States
- Numerous professional organizations whose formal names begin with National Association can be found via the "All pages with titles beginning" link below