why are they called the buffalo bills

The Buffalo Bills are named after "Buffalo Bill" Cody, a famous American frontiersman and showman from the Wild West era. He was known for hunting thousands of buffalo to provide meat for railroad workers and was a popular figure through his Wild West shows. The team's name originated from a naming contest held for a Buffalo football team in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in the 1940s. The team was initially called the Bisons, but to distinguish them from other local teams with similar names, the owner chose "Bills" in tribute to Buffalo Bill Cody. When the current Buffalo Bills football team was founded in 1960 by Ralph Wilson, he adopted the nickname that had historical ties to the city’s football past and Buffalo Bill Cody's frontier legacy.