New York Stars (1974)
October 22, 2013
The New York Stars of 1974 were one of biggest misfires of the ill-fated World Football League. The WFL launched that summer with ambitions of taking on the NFL head-to-head, much as the AFL had done a decade earlier. But the league was plagued by numerous problems from the outset, with the Stars and their wretched dump of a home field, Downing Stadium on Randall’s Island, high up on the list. The team lasted a little over two months in the Big Apple before owner Robert Schmerz threw in the towel. The team was shifted to North Carolina under new ownership in the middle of the 1974 season and re-named the Charlotte Hornets.
