Defunct Team Index

An alphabetical list of over 1,900 defunct teams profiled here on Fun While It Lasted.

Defunct Sports Teams

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Abilene AviatorsWestern Professional Hockey League1998-1999
Adirondack IceHawksUnited Hockey League1999-2004
Adirondack LumberjacksNortheast League & Northern League (Baseball)1995-2002
Adirondack Red WingsAmerican Hockey League1979-1999
Akron AerosEastern League (Baseball)1997-2013
Alabama HawksProfessional Football League of America & Continental Football League1967-1969
Alabama MagicAmerican Football Association1982
Alabama VipersArena Football League2010
Alamance SenatorsCarolina League (Baseball)1965-1971
Albany AttackNational Lacrosse League2000-2003
Albany CapitalsAmerican Soccer League & American Professional Soccer League1988-1991
Albany FirebirdsArena Football League1990-2000
Albany PatroonsContinental Basketball Association1982-1992
Albany PolecatsSouth Atlantic League (Baseball)1992-1995
Albany River RatsAmerican Hockey League1993-2010
Albany-Colonie A'sEastern League (Baseball)1983-1984
Albany-Colonie Diamond DogsNortheast League & Northern League (Baseball)1995-2002
Albany-Colonie YankeesEastern League (Baseball)1985-1994
Alberta DustersContinental Basketball Association1980-1982
Albuquerque ChaparralsSouthwest Hockey League1975-1977
Albuquerque DodgersTexas League (Baseball)1965-1971
Albuquerque GeckosD3 Pro League & A-League (Soccer)1997-1998
Albuquerque LasersInternational Volleyball Association1979-1980
Albuquerque SilversContinental Basketball Association1983-1985
Albuquerque Six GunsCentral Hockey League1973-1974
Alexandria AcesTexas League (Baseball)1972-1975
Alexandria DukesCarolina League (Baseball)1978 & 1980-1983
Alexandria MarinersCarolina League (Baseball)1979
Allentown AmbassadorsNortheast League & Northern League (Baseball)1997-2003
Allentown JetsEastern Professional Basketball League & Continental Basketball Association1958-1979
Altoona Rail KingsNorth Atlantic League & Heartland League (Baseball)1996-1997
Amarillo DillasVarious Professional Baseball Leagues1994-2010
Amarillo GiantsTexas League (Baseball)1968-1974
Amarillo Gold SoxTexas League (Baseball)1976-1982
Amarillo RattlersWestern Professional Hockey League & Central Hockey League1996-2002
Amarillo SonicsTexas League (Baseball)1965-1967
Amarillo WranglersCentral Hockey League1968-1971
American Defenders of New HampshireCan-Am League (Baseball)2009
Amsterdam RugmakersCan-Am League (Baseball)1938-1951
Anaheim OrangesWorld Team Tennis1978
Anaheim PiranhasArena Football League1996-1997
Anaheim SplashContinental Indoor Soccer League1994-1997
Anaheim StormNational Lacrosse League2004-2005
Anchorage Northern KnightsEastern Basketball Association & Continental Basketball Association1977-1982
Anchorage WolverinesIndependent Semi-Pro Hockey1973-1978
Anderson BravesSouth Atlantic League (Baseball)1980-1984
Anderson GiantsWestern Carolinas League1972
Anderson MetsWestern Carolinas League1974
Anderson RangersWestern Carolinas League1975
Anderson SenatorsWestern Carolinas League1970-1971
Anderson TigersWestern Carolinas League1973
Annapolis SailorsNorth American Football League1965
Appleton FoxesMidwest League (Baseball)1962 & 1967-1994
Ardmore RosebudsTexas League (Baseball)1961
Arizona BlazeMajor League Volleyball1988
Arizona CondorsWestern Soccer League & American Professional Soccer League1989-1990
Arizona HotshotsAlliance of American Football2019
Arizona OutlawsUnited States Football League1985
Arizona SandsharksContinental Indoor Soccer League1993-1995 & 1997
Arizona ThunderPremier Soccer Alliance & World Indoor Soccer League1998-2000
Arkansas DiamondsContinental Football League1968-1969
Asheville AltitudeNational Basketball Development League2001-2005
Asheville OriolesSouthern League (Baseball)1972-1975
Atlanta ApollosNorth American Soccer League1973
Atlanta AttackAmerican Indoor Soccer Association & National Professional Soccer League1989-1991
Atlanta BeatWomen's United Soccer Association2001-2003
Atlanta BeatWomen's Professional Soccer2010-2011
Atlanta ChiefsNational Professional Soccer League & North American Soccer League1967-1972
Atlanta ChiefsNorth American Soccer League1979-1981
Atlanta CometsWomen's American Basketball Association1984
Atlanta CrackersSouthern Association & International League1903-1961
Atlanta FlamesNational Hockey League1972-1980
Atlanta GloryAmerican Basketball League1996-1998
Atlanta KnightsInternational Hockey League1992-1996
Atlantic City BlackjacksArena Football League2019
Atlantic City Hi RollersContinental Basketball Association1980-1982
Atlantic City SurfAtlantic League & Can-Am League (Baseball)1998-2008
Auburn AmericansNew York-Penn League (Baseball)1980
Auburn AstrosNew York-Penn League (Baseball)1982-1995
Auburn PhilliesNew York-Penn League (Baseball)1972-1977
Augusta PiratesSouth Atlantic League (Baseball)1988-1993
Augusta TigersSouth Atlantic League (Baseball)1936-1942, 1946-1952 & 1955-1958
Austin AcesWorld TeamTennis2014-2015
Austin Ice BatsWestern Professional Hockey League & Central Hockey League1996-2008
Austin PioneersBig State League (Baseball)1947-1955

 

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Comments

16 Responses

  3. This is a wonderfully comprehensive list, but. I doubt a team (Union…) played in the 1000’s unless they took their armor off first! my father- in – law , Hoy Duers, told us stories of.playing basketball for a traveling team in the Glens Falls area during the Depression to make money. Where would we look for the name of those traveling teams. He said they were quite popular.

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    1. Hi Victoria,

      Thanks for the comment. If you don’t have local access to the Glens Falls library itself, the next best thing is a Newspapers.com subscription. I use the service a lot for this site. I just did a quick look and they do have archives of the Glens Falls Post-Star from the Depression era. I poked around a little and it appears there was a semi-pro team known as the Glens Falls Cardinals during the 1930’s that played other teams from the Northeast. I wonder if that could be the team Hoy Duers played for?

      Drew

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  4. new england pilgrim photographer team photos, player photos, programs and more. the field is still there (blake field new haven ct)

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  7. The Sacramento Buccaneers were part of the Continental Football League before the Capitols. I think they may have played one season. Still, this is an incredible resource. An unimaginable amount of research and work, obviously.

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  8. It’s more recently but you forgot the second failed NHL franchise based in Atlanta, the Thrashers.

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    1. Thanks Shawn. Hope to get to the Thrashers soon. For the record, the teams listed in this index are only those we’ve built entries for so far on the site. Not intended to be a list of every defunct sports team that’s out there.

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  9. I did not see anything for the Orlando Bronco’s of the SFL who first played in 1963 The Pro football archives sites has information and I have found stuff from Newspaper .com on them

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    1. Yep – thanks for mentioning that one Jeff. Although we have about 2,000 teams on here, we’ve only scratched the surface of the defunct teams that have come in gone in North American sport. The Southern Football League of the 1960’s is a league we’ve barely gotten to at all. I think the 1962-1965 Jacksonville Robins are the only team we’ve covered yet. Partly it’s because we like to have an image or piece of memorabilia from a team to anchor each article and we just haven’t been able to find much from the SFL. But hopefully we will be able to get the Broncos to before the coming Singularity renders all of work meaningless!

      Drew

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  12. Hi Richard,

    Thanks for visiting. As it says at the top of the page, this is only an index of the approximately 2,000 defunct teams that have detailed entries created so far on Fun While It Lasted. Not every defunct North American franchise or team brand that ever took the field, court or rink (we believe that number to be north of 30,000, thanks in large part to Minor League Baseball)

    We haven’t done a whole lot with the WCHL, but they are on the site. The WCHL home page is here: https://funwhileitlasted.net/west-coast-hockey-league/

    We have entries on a handful of teams so far including the Gila Monsters, the Long Beach Ice Dogs and the Colorado Gold Kings. All linked on the page above.

    Cheers,

    Drew

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