Westchester Bulls

Atlantic Coast Football League (1967-1968)

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The Atlantic Coast Football League of 1962 – 1973 was likely the closest pro football has ever come to having a true “triple-A” minor league, similar to baseball. At the league’s peak in the late 1960’s, NFL teams such as the New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins maintained farm clubs in the ACFL. 

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Background

The Westchester Bulls were a minor league farm club of the NFL’s New York Giants for two seasons in the late 1960’s.  The Bulls played their home games out of Memorial Stadium in Mt. Vernon, New York.

The 1967 Bulls won their first nine games en route to a 10-2 record in the Atlantic Coast Football League. Late season call-ups to New York for halfback Randy Minniear and defensive back Bob Post sapped the Bulls of their momentum.  The Bulls lost to the Virginia Sailors 20-14 in the league’s championship game in Mt. Vernon on November 25th, 1967.

Following the 1967 season, Roy Boe bought the club for $50,000 from the team’s original owner, Cosmo Iacavazzi.  The Bulls were the first sports investment for Boe, who would later own the New York Nets of the ABA and become the founding owner of the NHL’s New York Islanders. In 1969, Boe moved the team out of Westchester and over to Hofstra Stadium on Long Island where the franchise became known as the Long Island Bulls.

The Long Island Bulls played two more seasons before folding after the 1970 season. The ACFL went out of business in 1973.

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11-9-1968 Westchester Bulls Roster

Links

Atlantic Coast Football League Media Guides

Atlantic Coast Football League Programs

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