The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The team plays at FedExField, located in Landover, Maryland in Prince George's County, Maryland, and is headquartered and trains at Redskin Park in Ashburn, Virginia, a community in Loudoun County, Virginia near Dulles International Airport. They are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). According to Forbes Magazine, the Redskins are the most valuable sports team in North America, valued at approximately $1.3 billion They are also the wealthiest team in the NFL, generating almost $300 million in revenue per-year. They also rank #1 in average attendance per game in the NFL [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/attendance.

Originally called the Boston Braves, the club joined the NFL as a 1932 expansion team based in Boston, Massachusetts. One year later, the club changed its name to Boston Redskins after moving from Braves Field home of the baseball team of the same name and to Fenway Park. The name "Redskins" was in honor of their head coach William (Lone Star) Dietz who was of part-Sioux decent. The team then moved to the Washington, D.C. area in 1937.

The Redskins have won two NFL Championships and three of five Super Bowls.

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