The small town of Oneonta, New York was, for over three decades, one of the first stops on the minor league ladder for the greenest of New York Yankees prospects. The O-Yanks played in the Class A New York-Penn League, playing 70-odd games each summer between June and September. Oneonta dominated the NY-Penn League from the late 1960’s until the end of the 1980’s, winning 11 championships in 23 seasons between 1968 and 1990.
The New Jersey Americans were a professional soccer club that played for four seasons in the 2nd Division American Soccer League during the late 1970’s. The Americans won the 1977 ASL championship and later gained some fleeting press attention for signing former Benfica and Portuguese National Team stars Eusebio and Tony Simoes.
World Hockey Association (1973) Born: May 30, 1973- Re-branded from New York Raiders Moved: November 20,ย 1973 (Jersey Knights) First Game:ย October 6, 1973 (T 2-2 @
National Professional Soccer League (1967) North American Soccer League (1968) Born: 1966 – NPSL founding franchise Folded: February 18, 1969 First Game: April 16, 1967
The New Jersey Rams were one of the nation’s top semi-pro football outfits during the early 1980’s. The team bounced around between various stadia in Bergen and Essex counties between 1977 and 1984, always under the direction of Ed O’Reilly. The Rams rarely lost during the 1980’s and spent much of their final campaign in 1984 atop the Minor Professional Football Association’s national rankings of semi-pro clubs.
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