Tag: Ervin J. Nutter Center

1996-97 Dayton Bombers Program from the East Coast Hockey League

Dayton Bombers

East Coast Hockey League (1991-2009) Born: February 20, 1991 – ECHL expansion franchise Folded: June 25, 2009 First Game: October 25, 1991 (W 11-2 vs.

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1992-93 Dayton Dynamo Yearbook from the National Professional Soccer League

Dayton Dynamo

The Dayton Dynamo were an indoor soccer club that played seven winter seasons in Western Ohio. The team moved frequently, spending two years at Hara Arena, three seasons at the newly opened Nutter Center and its final two years at the downtown Dayton Convention Center. The Dynamo played in the American Indoor Soccer Association, subsequently re-branded as the National Professional Soccer League after 1990. Dayton appeared in the AISA championship series in 1990 and the NPSL finals in 1991 but lost on both occasions. New owners moved the franchise to Cincinnati in 1995.

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1991 Dayton Wings Program from the World Basketball League

Dayton Wings (1991-1992)

The Dayton Wings were a short-lived minor league basketball team in the World Basketball League.  The WBL was a league for players 6′ 5″ and under where guard play ruled and defense was anathema. Dayton won the WBL championship in their expansion season of 1991, but the league went out of business in the middle of the 1992 season, depriving the Wings of the opportunity to defend their title.

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