This early Arena Football franchise played five seasons in North Carolina, splitting dates between the massive, NBA-scale Charlotte Coliseum and the smaller Independence Arena. 41-year old former NFL All-Pro lineman Joe DeLamielleure played for the Rage in 1992. He is the only Pro Football Hall of Famer other than Kurt Warner to play Arena Football.
The Carolina Vipers soccer team was a founding member of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (1993-1997) but didn’t begin play until the league’s second season in the summer of 1994. Playing out of Charlotte’s Independence Arena, the Vipers finished their only season with a dismal 3-25 record. The club folded quietly after the 1994 season wrapped up.
Major Indoor Lacrosse League (1996) Born: October 2, 1995 – MILL expansion franchise Folded: August 21, 1996 – The Cobras cease operations First Game: January
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