Sports Clubs Disestablished in 1975 - Association Football Clubs Disestablished in 1975, Baltimore Claws, Memphis Sounds (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Association football clubs disestablished in 1975, Baltimore Claws, Memphis Sounds, San Diego Conquistadors, San Diego Sails, Utah Stars, Birmingham Americans, 1973-74 San Diego Conquistadors season, 1st Mariner Arena, Valley View Casino Center, 1975-76 Utah Stars season, 1975-76 San Diego Sails season, 1975-76 Baltimore Claws season, Chicago Cougars, Vancouver Blazers, Ralph Lawler, Michigan Stags, Birmingham Vulcans, Anaheim Amigos, Virginia Wings, Stockton F.C., Des Moines Capitols, Syracuse Eagles, Southern California Sun, Jack Briggs, Lansing Lancers. Excerpt: The Birmingham Americans were a professional American football team located in Birmingham, Alabama. They were members of the four-team Central Division of the World Football League (WFL). The Americans, founded in late December 1973, played in the upstart league's inaugural season in 1974. The team was owned by William "Bill" Putnam, doing business as Alabama Football, Inc. The club played all of its home games at Legion Field. The most successful of the World Football League franchises, the Americans led the new league in attendance and won all 13 of their home games. Winning their first 10 games in a row, the team developed a reputation for come-from-behind victories and winning by narrow margins. The Americans finished the 1974 regular season at 15-5 and won the 1974 World Bowl by just one point. Financially unstable due to investor reluctance and lavish signing bonuses paid to lure National Football League (NFL) players to the new league, the team was folded after only one season. Most of the team's assets were seized to pay back taxes; failed lawsuits to recover the signing bonus money kept the team in the headlines long after the WFL was itself defunct. The Americans were replaced as the Birmingham WFL franchise for the 1975 season by a new team cal...