Tag: Midseason Meltdowns

1981-82 Cape Cod Buccaneers Program

Cape Cod Buccaneers

January 4, 2017

The Cape Cod Buccaneers were the first team sports venture for World Wrestling Entertainment impresario Vince McMahon back in the winter of 1981-82. McMahon held the lease on the Cape Cod Coliseum at the time, where he staged a number of wrestling promotions. He formed the Bucs in the summer of 1981 and entered the team in the newly formed Atlantic Coast Hockey League. McMahon folded the Buccaneers in midseason on February 1st, 1982 following a disagreement with league officials.

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Wolfgang Rausch on the cover of a 1983 Dallas Americans program from the American Soccer League

Dallas Americans

August 27, 2016

The Dallas Americans were a lower division U.S. pro soccer club active for parts of three seasons in the mid-1980’s. The Americans replaced the NASL’s Dallas Tornado (1967-1981) on the local soccer scene. The Americans featured a number of former Tornado players on the roster, including Jeff Bourne, Neil Cohen, Billy Phillips and player-coach Wolfgang Rausch. The club played at John Clark Stadium in Plano.

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Tidewater Sharks Southern Hockey League

Tidewater Sharks

July 4, 2016

The Tidewater Sharks were a short-lived franchise in the Southern Hockey League of the mid-1970’s. The SHL was the former Southern Division of the Eastern Hockey League, which seceded from that league in 1973.  The Sharks joined up as an expansion franchise two years later, taking advantage of vacant dates at the Norfolk Scope after the Virginia Wings of the American Hockey League left town in the spring of 1975.

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1975-76 Albuquerque Chaparrals program from the Southwest Hockey League

Albuquerque Chaparrals

May 1, 2016

Southwest Hockey League (1975-1977) Born: 1975 – SWHL founding franchise Folded: January 24, 1977 First Game: October 2, 1975 (L 5-3 @ Amarillo Wranglers) Last Game:

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Boston Brawlers

Boston Brawlers

November 11, 2015

The Boston Brawlers were an misbegotten minor league football effort that managed two stage just two games at Harvard Stadium in the fall of 2014 before evaporating.  The Brawlers’ biggest name was quarterback Tahj Boyd. Boyd was the 2012 ACC Player-of-the-Year at Clemson.

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