Tag: Mid-South Coliseum

1972-73 Memphis Tams Program from the American Basketball Association

Memphis Tams

The Tams were the middle entry of three Memphis entries in the American Basketball Associations during the early 1970’s, taking the floor at the Mid-South Coliseum from 1972 through 1974. The team’s odd name was an acronym for Tennessee-Arkansas-Mississippi and the club used a tam o’ shanter cap as its logo. Charles O. Finley, the outspoken owner of the Oakland A’s of Major League Baseball and the NHL’s California Golden Seals, owned the club but seemingly took little interest in it. Like the A’s and the Golden Seals, the Tams wore Finley’s preferred colors of green, gold and white.

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Memphis Sounds American Basketball Association

Memphis Sounds

The last of Memphis’ three short-lived entries in the iconic American Basketball Association of the 1970’s, the Sounds counted Stax Records soul music legend Isaac Hayes among the team’s investors.

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Memphis Pros American Basketball Association

Memphis Pros

The Pros, with their monumentally boring name, were the first of three short-lived American Basketball Association franchises to set up shop at the Mid-South Coliseum during the 1970’s. The Pros preceded the Tams (1972-1974) and the Sounds (1974-1975) in this iconic league with its red, white & blue ball.

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Memphis Rogues American Indoor Soccer Association

Memphis Rogues (1989-1990)

American Indoor Soccer Association (1989-1990) Born: September 1989 – Re-branded from Memphis Storm Folded: Spring 1990 First Game: Last Game: AISA Championships: None 1989-1990: Mid-South Coliseum (9,069)

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Helmut Dudek and Stan Stamenkovic in action for the 1982-83 Memphis Americans

Memphis Americans

The Memphis Americans soccer team… they arrived from Hell and they left for Sin City, but for a few years in between they were God’s club. In 1981 retired Arizona businessman Ray Kuns and Dave Hannah, the founder of the evangelical Christian sports ministry Athletes In Action teamed up to purchase the bankrupt Hartford Hellions of the Major Indoor Soccer League and move the team to Memphis.  Shocker: the Athletes In Action folks weren’t down with the “Hellions” identity. The team was given a patriotic new identity and color scheme: the Memphis Americans.

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