World Football League
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The World Football League was an American football league that played in 1974 and part of 1975.

Teams

• Birmingham Americans 1974/Birmingham Vulcans 1975
• Chicago Fire 1974/Chicago Winds 1975
• Detroit Wheels 1974
• Washington-Baltimore Ambassadors/ Virginia Ambassadors/Florida Blazers 1974/San Antonio Wings 1975
• (Honolulu) The Hawaiians 1974-75
• Houston Texans 1974/Shreveport Steamer 1974-75
• Jacksonville Sharks 1974/Jacksonville Express 1975
• Memphis Southmen (had started out as the Toronto Northmen, but moved to Memphis, Tennessee before the start of the season) 1974-1975/ Memphis Grizzlies 1975 ( team change name to Grizzlies after league folded in attempt to join the NFL).
• Boston Bulls/New York Stars 1974/Charlotte Stars 1974/Charlotte Hornets 1974-75
• Philadelphia Bell 1974-75
• Portland Storm 1974/Portland Thunder 1975
• Southern California Sun 1974-75

1974 World Bowl

• Birmingham Americans 22-21 Florida Blazers

1975 Champions

• Birmingham was declared the 1975 champions at the time the league folded.

External Links

• http://wflfootball.tripod.com/
• http://www.geocities.com/sdimitry/wfl.html

The original article can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Football_League.
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