Tag: Florida Citrus Bowl

1997 Orlando Sundogs soccer pocket schedule from the A-League

Orlando Sundogs

March 26, 2021

The Orlando Sundogs were a pro soccer team that endured a single grim campaign in the USISL A-League during the summer of 1997. The A-League was the 2nd Division of men’s pro soccer in the U.S. at the time, one level below Major League Soccer. The Sundogs’ troubles were many, but a big one was their choice of stadium: the 64,000 Citrus Bowl, a former World Cup (1994) and Olympic (1996) stadium. The ‘Dogs averaged an invisible 1,278 fans per match in the gargantuan bowl.

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1967 Orlando Panthers Program

Orlando Panthers

May 19, 2017

Continental Football League (1966-1969) Atlantic Coast Football League (1970) Born: 1966 – The Newark Bears relocate to Orlando, FL Folded: Postseason 1970 First Game: August

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1974 Florida Blazers media guide from the World Football League

Florida Blazers

February 20, 2015

The 1974 Florida Blazers enjoy a something of a cult following among pro football history buffs.  Fearsome on the field, the franchise was a train wreck in the front office.  The Blazers were put together by Rommie Loudd, a 41-year old former AFL linebacker and New England Patriots executive.  Loudd is occasionally cited as the first African-American owner of a “major league” American sports franchise for his time with the Blazers. But the main money man was a central Florida Holiday Inn franchisee named David Williams.  By December 1974, the Blazers were in the World Bowl championship game of the World Football League, the team’s best player had played the entire season without a paycheck, and Rommie Loudd was under indictment.

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1988 Orlando Lions program from the American Soccer League

Orlando Lions

November 10, 2013

Amateur/Independent (1986-1987) American Soccer League (1988-1990) American Professional Soccer League (1990) Born: 1986 – Club formed Died: January 1991 – The Lions merge with the

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Orlando Thunder

March 10, 2013

If you recall the World League of American Football of the early 1990’s at all, chances are it’s for one of two things: the USA Network’s “Helmet Cam”, which put viewers into the heads of quarterbacks about to be bulldozed by 300-lb. linemen, or the blinding fluorescent green uniforms of the Orlando Thunder franchise.

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