The Birmingham Americans were the first and only champions of the World Football League during the autumn of 1974. The Ams drew big crowds to Legion Field and won the World Bowl on their home turf in December 1974. The victory was upstaged when Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies arrived at the post-game celebration to seize the Americans’ uniforms and equipment on behalf of a local business holding bad debt from the team. The Americans never played another game and were replaced by a new Birmingham franchise, the Vulcans, for the WFL’s second and final season in 1975.