The second pro football team to call themselves the Dallas Texans were charter members of the American Football League in 1960. The previous Dallas Texans of the National Football League folded eight years earlier. The AFL Texans spent three seasons in North Texas before relocating to Missouri and becoming the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Kansas City Wiz (1996) and Wizards (1997-2010) are a pair of abandoned brand identities from Major League Soccer’s Kansas City franchise, one of the 10 original clubs that began play in 1996. The club was owned by Kansas Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt for much of the Wiz/Wizards era, including during the team’s 2000 MLS Cup championship season. The franchise re-branded as Sporting Kansas City in 2011 contemporaneously with the team’s move into the new $200 million Livestrong Sporting Park.
Major League Soccer (1996-2004) Born: June 6, 1995 – MLS founding franchise Re-Branded: August 2004 (FC Dallas) First Game: April 14, 1996 (W 1-0 vs. San
North American Soccer League (1975-1984) American Indoor Soccer Association (1986-1987) American Soccer League (1988-1989) American Professional Soccer League (1990-1993) Born: 1974 – NASL expansion franchise
The Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs were a popular minor league baseball entry of the late 1960’s, co-owned famed sports investor Lamar Hunt. Future Major League stars Don Baylor, Bobby Grich, Joe Niekro, Doug DeCinces and Enos Cabell also spent time in a Spurs uniform. The Spurs were displaced when Major League Baseball’s Washington Senators moved to Arlington in 1972 and became the Texas Rangers.
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