The Waterbury Orbits were a minor league football outfit that played in 1966 and 1967 in the Atlantic Coast Football League during the mid-1960’s. Notable players included the cult legend minor league quarterback Jim “King” Corcoran, who blew through town in 1967, and gargantuan defensive lineman Wayne Coleman (’66) who went on to become the pro wrestling legend Superstar Billy Graham in the late 1970’s. The team moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1968.
The city of Waterbury, Connecticut had a Class AA Eastern League minor league baseball team for 21 years from 1966 to 1986. The ball club changed affiliations with Major League Baseball with extraordinary frequency – no parent club ever stayed more than four seasons. The California Angels had one of the briefest flings in Waterbury. They replaced the departing Cincinnati Reds in 1984 and sponsored Waterbury’s club for just one year before leaving town.
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