Tag: Midseason Meltdowns

1978 Kansas City Trailblazers Pocket Schedule from Major League Rodeo

Kansas City Trailblazers

January 12, 2021

The Kansas City Trailblazers were a co-ed team rodeo promotion that took part in Major League Rodeo during the summers of 1978 and 1979. Major League Rodeo contests consisted of seven skills: bareback bronc riding, barrel racing, team roping, saddle bronc riding, calf roping, steer wrestling and bull riding. Each team sported a roster of 12 cowboys & 3 cowgirls. The Trailblazers’ disastrous second season was ruined by the collapse of Kemper Arena’s roof and the midseason closure of Major League Rodeo itself.

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Statesville Indians

October 14, 2020

Western Carolinas League (1969) Born: April 4, 1969 Moved: June 19, 1969 (Monroe Indians) First Game: April 14, 1969 (L 10-5 vs. Shelby Senators) Last Game:

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Minnesota Fighting Saints World Hockey Association

Minnesota Fighting Saints

September 9, 2020

World Hockey Association (1972-1977) Born: August 1, 1971 – WHA founding franchise Folded: February 28, 1976 Re-Born: August 9, 1976 – The Cleveland Crusaders relocate to St. Paul,

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Ralph Backstrom on the cover of a 1975-76 Denver Spurs program from the World Hockey Association

Denver Spurs

September 8, 2020

Western Hockey League (1968-1974) Central Hockey League (1974-1975) World Hockey Association (1975-1976) Born: 1968 Moved: January 2, 1976 (Ottawa Civics) First Game: October 9, 1968

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Tulsa Tornados United Soccer League

Tulsa Tornado’s

August 2, 2020

So grim was the state of professional outdoor soccer in the United States in 1985 that only 13 games were staged by American pro clubs that calendar year. All of these matches were put on by the United Soccer League (USL), a barely solvent gaggle of four teams spread across Florida, Texas and Oklahoma that folded after only one month of competition. The Tornado’s – the team’s nonsensical apostrophe is not a typo – were one of the USL’s many trouble spots.

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