Pacific Football League (1966)
Continental Football League (1967)
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Born: 1966
Moved: 1968 (Spokane Shockers)
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Last Game: December 2, 1967 (10-7 @ Seattle Rangers)
Continental Football League Championships: None
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Owner: Pat Frumento, Ken Hole, et al.
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Continental Football League
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Variously described as everything from “semi-pro” football to the “third Major League” behind the NFL and AFL during the late 1960’s, the Continental Football briefly established a sprawling network of pro football clubs that stretched from Florida to Mexico City to British Columbia. The Continental League helped launch the careers of Hall-of-Famers Bill Walsh and Ken Stabler and other NFL stars of the 1970’s including Otis Sistrunk, Bob Kuechenberg and Coy Bacon.
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Background
The Victoria Steelers were a British Columbia-based minor league football team active during the late 1960’s. The club started out as a semi-pro outfit in the Pacific Football League in 1966. At the end of 1966, the Continental Football League launched a West Coast expansion and the Steelers stepped up to fully professional status.
As befit its name, the CoFL was a nationwide (plus Canada) league. But the Steelers played exclusively against Pacific Division opponents in Eugene (OR), Orange County (CA), Sacramento, San Jose and Seattle in order to keep travel costs down.
The Steelers lasted only one season at the pro level, posting a 4-8 record. The club relocated to Spokane, Washington following the 1967 campaign.
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