Florida Football League (1962)
Southern Football League (1963-1965)
Tombstone
Born: 1962
Re-Branded: 1966 (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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Last Game: November 13, 1965 (L 48-21 vs. Orlando Thunderbirds @ Valdosta, GA)
SFL Champions: 1963
Stadium
The Gator Bowl
Opened: 1928
Demolished: 1994
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Background
The Jacksonville Robins were a minor league football club that played at the Gator Bowl for four seasons from 1962 through 1965.
The club’s chief organizer was Head Coach and General Manager Al Bassett. The Robins’ rosters featured a number of former Florida State Seminoles, including quarterback Ed Trancygier, running backs Happy Fick and Fred Pickard and tight end/kicker Possum Lee.
The Robins won the championship of the eight-team Southern Football League in 1963. Pickard dominated the circuit, leading the league in rushing, receiving, touchdowns and total scoring. In the Championship Game against the Daytona Beach Thunderbirds on November 29th, 1963, Pickard also picked off two passes on defense to help seal the Robins’ 13-7 victory. Only 2,000 fans showed up on a 40-degree night at the Gator Bowl for the title game.
The Southern Football League collapsed after the 1965 season and Jacksonville joined the North American Football League for the 1966 campaign. As part of the league shift, the team changed its name to the Jacksonville Jaguars. The NAFL and all of its teams went out of business after the 1966 season.
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Saw a Game in 1966….I was playing Pop Werner Football…..Ticket I think was a Dollar for kids etc……slice of pizza was a Dollar also…….it was a Fun Time for Us…
Thx Jeff
Something for your SFL category https://miltonhooper.wordpress.com/2018/09/28/friday-flashback-southern-football-league/
I was on the jaguars team in 1966 for that one season. I was in the navy stationed at Nas jacksonville fl. another player was a former LSU player stationed at Cecil field fl.