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Check out the World Football League in 1974
Posted on 3/22/26 at 5:40 pm
Posted on 3/22/26 at 5:40 pm
Pretty cool...missed this being a toddler just out of diapers way back
How bout these Team names?? And Logos??
70s version of the USFL that later followed in the 80s?
How bout these Team names?? And Logos??
70s version of the USFL that later followed in the 80s?
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Posted on 3/22/26 at 5:46 pm to RBTiger
The Shreveport steamers. Ratchet city representin
Posted on 3/22/26 at 6:05 pm to RBTiger
Imagine calling yourself the World Football League and only having teams in one country.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 6:17 pm to RBTiger
It all looks like clip-art, which may have been cutting edge in the 70’s. The Hawaiians, Memphis, and Philly had some nice logos.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 6:19 pm to RBTiger
Back when people were convinced that Shreveport was to become a major metro
Posted on 3/22/26 at 6:41 pm to RBTiger
Memphis has a Grizzly Bear logo
Charlotte Hornets
Houston Texans
Charlotte Hornets
Houston Texans
Posted on 3/22/26 at 6:45 pm to RBTiger
I can’t believe Hawaii had a team. They had to be the first team to go broke.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 6:47 pm to PenguinPubes
They missed a real opportunity not to put the Steamer in Cleveland
Posted on 3/22/26 at 6:57 pm to 9Fiddy
The WFL was the only thing that could break up the early 70s Dolphins dynasty. Well, that and Joe Robbie was a skinflint.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 7:17 pm to RBTiger
Larry King, voice of Shreveport
Posted on 3/22/26 at 7:21 pm to RBTiger
Fun fact and csb. The WFL Houston Texans and Shreveport Steamers weren’t in the league at the same time. The Texans were an inaugural WFL team but nobody went to their games in the astrodome so they moved to Shreveport the same year and became the Steamers. Shreveport also had a semi pro team later called the Shreveport Americans. This team was not affiliated with the Birmingham Americans of the WFL. A few years after the Shreveport Americans or league folded, I was going to play pickup basketball at Huntington High where I went to school and there were a bunch of dudes playing football in full pads on the HHS practice field. It was guys who used to play for the Shreveport Americans who kept all their practice and game gear. They asked me and a few of my friends if we wanted to play because they needed more players. I ended up playing with those guys every weekend for a few months. Good times and lots of pain.
This post was edited on 3/23/26 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 3/22/26 at 7:29 pm to 9Fiddy
quote:
They missed a real opportunity not to put the Steamer in Cleveland
This made me chuckle.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 7:30 pm to NOSTRODAMUS
quote:
Fun fact and csb. The WFL Houston Texans and Shreveport Steamers weren’t in the league at the same time. The Texans were an inaugural WFL team but nobody went to their games in the astrodome so they moved to Shreveport the same year and became the Steamers.
A report on the move, and their inaugural season in Shreveport:
Posted on 3/22/26 at 8:08 pm to RBTiger
"The" Hawaiians cracked me up for some reason.
I mean, it's obvious where they were located, but would have been hilarious if they were actually based in some random arse place like one of the 50 Springfields.
I mean, it's obvious where they were located, but would have been hilarious if they were actually based in some random arse place like one of the 50 Springfields.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 8:12 pm to RBTiger
My grandpaw was a huge Steamer fan. Grandma used to get so angry when he didn't light a match to clear the air.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 8:22 pm to Champagne
Birmingham Americans are still the reigning WFL champs.
Went to a bunch of games when I was a kid both in 1974 and 75.
What's forgotten in history is that Birmingham had a black QB, Matthew Reed from Grambling, who played a lot.
With the view about Alabama back then it seems like that would have been some kind of outrage but nobody in the stands gave a shite and rooted for him like any other player.
Went to a bunch of games when I was a kid both in 1974 and 75.
What's forgotten in history is that Birmingham had a black QB, Matthew Reed from Grambling, who played a lot.
With the view about Alabama back then it seems like that would have been some kind of outrage but nobody in the stands gave a shite and rooted for him like any other player.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 8:49 pm to Ghost of Colby
Well there’s something I learned today. I’ve been a cowboys fan my entire life and never knew Danny White played in the WFL.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 12:59 pm to cubsfan5150
Back when people were convinced that Shreveport was to become a major metro
a huge stadium and a large draw area......
a huge stadium and a large draw area......
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:39 pm to PenguinPubes
quote:Were they shite?
The Shreveport steamers
Posted on 3/23/26 at 2:05 pm to 9Fiddy
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They missed a real opportunity not to put the Steamer in Cleveland
Shreveport seems like more of a Blumpkin city anyway.
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