Sports - Defunct Sports Teams, Retro Leagues

The Tidewater Sharks played in the Southern Hockey League from 1975 to 1977. Their home was the Norfolk Scope. The team folded before finishing the 1976-77 season.

Hockey Night in Canada traces its roots back to 1931 and Saturday night radio broadcasts of NHL hockey. It came to television in 1952. It is one of the most iconic sports television sports events in the world, pre-dating Monday Night Football in the...

The Virginia Beach Mariners played in the United Soccer League (USL) from 1994 until 2007. Their home pitch was the Virginia Beach Sportsplex. During their first season they were known as the Hampton Roads Hurricanes.

The Orlando Panthers played in the Continental Football League as well as the Atlantic Coast Football League, from 1965 to 1971 and were one of the most successful minor league football teams in history, both on the field and at the gate. Their home...

The Atlanta Crackers were a minor league baseball team that played in Georgia's capital from 1901 until the arrival of the Braves from Milwaukee in 1965. Their home for most of that time was Ponce de Leon Park. They played their final season in...

Aeros was the name of Akron's minor league baseball team from 1997 until 2013.

The Cavs went from 6 and 11 in November of 1975 to making their first ever play-off appearance in April of 1976. They miraculously beat the Washington Bullets 4 games to 3, capturing Game 7 at home in the Richfield Coliseum.

Rays was the name of Orlando's minor league baseball team from 1997 to 2003.

The Pennsylvania Stoners played in the American Soccer League (ASL) from 1979 until 1983. They were based in Allentown, PA and in 1980 they won the ASL championship. The team went out of business shortly before the entire league ceased operations.

P.O.C. stood for "Pilsner of Cleveland" not "Pride of Cleveland" as some mistakenly believe today. Pilsner Brewing Company, located at Clark Avenue and West 65th Street, made P.O.C. Bohemian brewer Wenzel Medlin founded the company in 1892. It was bought by Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Brewing...

The Florida Fire Frogs played in the Florida State League from 2017 to 2020. They were contracted with the re-alignment of minor league baseball.

The Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL) was a minor professional football league that operated from 1962 until 1973. Many of the clubs had agreements with pro organizations to be farm teams. In 1969, after the collapse of the Continental Football League, the ACFL absorbed...

The Jersey Jays were a minor league American football team based in Jersey City, New Jersey. They began play in 1969 as a member of the Continental Football League, and were a farm team of Cleveland's pro team. The Jays played their home games in Newark Schools Stadium. In 1970, they joined the...

The??Jersey Giants??were a minor league??American football??team based in??Jersey City, New Jersey. They played in the Atlantic Coast Football League in 1962 and 1963. Their home field was Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey.??

The Philadelphia Bulldogs were a professional minor league football team that played in the Continental Football League in 1965 and 1966. The team won the 1966 championship but did not return for the 1967 season.

The??Toronto Rifles??were a minor-league professional??American football??team that played in the Continental Football League between 1964 and 1967. The team's home fields were??Maple Leaf Stadium??(1965)??and??Varsity Stadium??from 1966 to 1967. The team was owned by Montreal businessman Johnny Newman.

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The Montreal Beavers were established in 1961 as the Indianapolis Warriors in the United Football League. In 1965, the team moved to Ft. Wayne and joined the Continental Football League. In 1966, the club was sold and moved to Montreal where it was renamed...

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The Providence Steam Rollers played in the NFL from 1925 to 1931. In 1928, they became the first football team from New England to win a league title. They remain the last defunct team to win an NFL championship.