The Minnesota Monarchs were the most popular team in Major League Volleyball, a largely forgotten attempt to start an all-women’s pro volleyball circuit in the United States in the late 1980’s. The previous attempt at a top-flight volleyball league – the International Volleyball Association of the 1970’s – was co-ed. From 1987 through 1989 Major League Volleyball was the only professional sports league for women in the U.S.
The Houston Texans were a blink-and-you-missed-’em franchise in the World Football League during the summer of 1974. The Texans played only five home games at the Astrodome before abruptly moving to Shreveport, Louisiana in mid-season. The Texans’ great notoriety came from briefly luring away the NFL’s #1 overall draft pick in 1973, Houston Oilers defensive end John Matuszak. The Tooz played just a handful of snaps for the Texans before sherrif’s deputies served him with a restraining order on the sideline, ending his WFL adventure after only one weird evening.
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