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The Only Season The Birmingham Thunderbolts were a short-lived springtime American football team based in Birmingham, Alabama. This team was part of the failed XFL begun by Vince McMahon of the World Wrestling Federation and by NBC, a major television network in the United States. They were part of the Eastern Division with the Chicago Enforcers, Orlando Rage and the New York/New Jersey Hitmen. They finished in last place with the worst record in the XFL at 2-8. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...
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The Thunderbolts played their home games at Birmingham's legendary Legion Field. They were coached by Brooklyn-native Gerry DiNardo, a former star player at the University of Notre Dame, and previously head coach at Vanderbilt University and Louisiana State University. Legion Field is a large stadium in Birmingham, Alabama primarily designed to be used as a venue for American football, but is occasionally used for other large outdoor events. ...
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The team's colors were purple, yellow, and white. Their logo was a stylized 'B' with six lightning bolts extending from it. On the teams helmets, the logo was placed at the front, instead of the customary position on each side, with only the upper three lightning bolts visible. The team was frequently referred to by fans and the media as simply the Bolts. Team merchandise almost always used the shortened Bolts moniker. Multiple cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud lightning strokes are observed during a night-time thunderstorm. ...
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Allegedly, the league had originally planned to name the team the Blast, but changed the name at the last minute when it was considered to invoke images of the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church and of the 1994 bombing of a local abortion clinic, two tragic events in Birmingham history. The teams logo is said to be the same one originally designed for the Blast. 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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While XFL players were encouraged to use nicknames instead of their last names on the backs of their jerseys, no Thunderbolts player ever did. A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Nick is short for Nicholas). ...
The team got off to a good start winning the first two games of the 10-game season. Home crowds were among the largest to see the XFL. The team was soon plagued by injuries and lost the remaining eight games of the season. Injury is damage or harm caused to the structure or function of the body caused by an outside agent or force, which may be physical or chemical. ...
After the team's first two quarterbacks were injured, the team signed former University of Alabama star QB Jay Barker, who had just been released from his contract with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. Barker, who lead the University of Alabama to their 1992 national championship victory, was one of the most popular players in Crimson Tide history owing to his handsome looks, modest demeanor, and high morals. He was seen as a positive influence on the league, and gave the league a measure of credibility in Birmingham where the local media had been cynical towards the team and league. The quarterback is a position in the offensive backfield of American and Canadian football, directly behind players of the line. He is generally the leader of the offensive team when it is on the field, responsible for initiating play by receiving the snap of the ball from the center. ...
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NBC dropped the XFL concept after the first (2001) season due to dismal ratings, and the league was disbanded shortly thereafter. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
After the league folded, head coach Gerry DiNardo joined the staff of Birmingham sports talk radio station WJOX 690, as did Jay Barker, who now also does sports commentary on local CBS TV affilate WIAT channel 42. CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ...
DiNardo returned to his college football coaching roots in 2002 as the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers football team. The team was sometimes jokingly nicknamed 'The Fighting DiNardos' in his honor. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Team Leaders Rushing Yards: 539, James Bostic
Receiving Yards: 827, Sepfret Williams (also led league)
Passing Yards: 1238, Casey Weldon
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