Sports - Defunct Sports Teams, Retro Leagues

The Charleston Rockets?? played their first season in the original United Football League in 1964, In 1965, they became charter members of the????Continental Football League (CFL). The team played a total of five seasons and ceased operations in January 1969.

The first team to be called the Charleston Senators played its first game in 1910. They lasted until 1916. In 1931, a new Senators team debuted, took a few seasons off during World War II, and returned in 1949. They played for four more...

The Charleston Wheelers was the original name of the city's current minor league baseball team. They changed their name in 1995 to the Alley Cats, and again in 2005 to the West Virginia Power, and yet again in 2021.

Known as simply The Longhorn to loyal patrons and music fans, Jay's Longhorn was one of the most important rock clubs in America in the 1970s and 1980s. Many national and international acts played their early in their careers as did many well known...

The Aces were members of the Pacific Southwest Hockey League (PSHL) for three seasons starting in 1992 and representing Las Vegas. Their home ice was the Santa Fe Ice Arena part of that casino (now the Fiesta) complex.??

The Las Vegas Gamblers were the valley's first pro hockey team and were members of the Pacific Southwest Hockey League (PSHL) from 1968 to 1971. Their home ice was the a place called the International Ice Palace, a venue that was in a strip...

The Las Vegas Thunder played six seasons in the valley, as members of the International Hockey League (IHL). Their home ice was the Thomas and Mack Center. They made the post season in their first five season.??

The Minnesota Norseman were members of the??American Professional Slo-Pitch League??from 1977-1980. In their first season they were known as the Goofy's. A new owner changed the name to Norsemen for the 1978 season. Their home field was Midway Stadium in St. Paul.

The San Diego Barracudas were members of Roller Hockey International for four seasons starting in 1993. They moved to Ontario, CA for the 1998 and 1999 seasons before folding.

The Minnesota Norseman were members of the??American Professional Slo-Pitch League??from 1977-1980. In their first season they were known as the Goofy's. A new owner changed the name to Norsemen for the 1978 season. Their home field was Midway Stadium in St. Paul.

The 1927 New York, batting lineup, dubbed Murder's Row, featured some of the most fearsome hitters of all time.??

The first five players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame were indeed legendary.??

The Bears were a minor league baseball team based in Newark, New Jersey from 1917 until 1949. They played in the International League and won the title in 1940.

The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena opened on July 4, 1959 and sat next to the Coliseum. The first event was held four days later, a boxing match between??Jos?? Becerra??and??Alphonse Halimi. During its 57 year history it hosted not only boxing matches and concerts...

The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena opened on July 4, 1959 and sat next to the Coliseum. The first event was held four days later, a boxing match between??Jos?? Becerra??and??Alphonse Halimi. During its 57 year history it hosted not only boxing matches and concerts...

Chavez Ravine was chosen as the home of the relocated Dodgers in the late 1950s.

SkyDome opened in 1989 as the new home of Toronto's baseball and football teams. The city's basketball team played there from 1995 to 1999 while a new arena was being built downtown. The football team got the boot in 2015, leaving the baseball team...

After leaving the Astrodome at the conclusion of the 1999 season, Houston's baseball team moved into a park that was at first named after an oil company and later a breakfast drink.

The home of pro basketball and hockey in Dallas opened in 2001. It's nickname is derived from its sponsor.

Before major league hockey arrived in Columbus, the city had many minor league teams. None were more popular than the Columbus Chill. In 1991, the team debuted as an expansion franchise in the East Coast Hockey League (now just the ECHL, thank you). Their...