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1983 Chicago Blitz Media Guide from the United States Football League

Chicago Blitz

This springtime pro football team from the United States Football League was notable for pulling one of the craziest and most self-destructive trades in pro sports history. Thanks to some ownership shenanigans, the Blitz swapped basically their entire (superb) roster and coaching staff for the threadbare roster of the wretched Arizona Wranglers prior to the USFL’s second season. Despite the chaos, the Blitz featured not one but two future Hall-of-Fame head coaches during their brief two-year existence.

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