Continental Football League (1966-1969)
Atlantic Coast Football League (1970)
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Born: 1966 – The Newark Bears relocate to Orlando, FL
Folded: Postseason 1970
First Game: August 20, 1966 (W 49-27 @ Montreal Beavers)
Last Game: November 28, 1970 (L 21-20 vs. Indianapolis Capitols)
Continental Football League Champions: 1967 & 1968
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Owners:
- 1966-1967: Tom Granatell
- 1968:
- 1969: Glenn Turner
- 1970 Tom Richmond
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Continental Football League Most Valuable Player
- 1966: Don Jonas
- 1967: Don Jonas
- 1968: Don Jonas
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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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10-31-1970 Panthers @ Roanoke Buckskins Roster
10-31-1970 Orlando Panthers @ Roanoke Buckskins Roster
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“Recalling Orlando Panthers: Their Legend is Quite Major“, Brian Schmitz, The Orlando Sentinel, August 24, 1986
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What was the Orlando panthers business address in the 60s?
What was the Orlando panthers business address in the 60s? I was a very young child, my father Elmer Cook was the Panthers manager. Trying to find some photos of him and the players end of the games