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The World Football League was an American football league that played in 1974 and part of 1975. Although this pro grid circuit's true ambitions to bring American football onto a worldwide stage, the farthest the WFL reached was placing a team - the Hawaiians - in Honolulu, Hawaii. World Football League logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... See also: 1973 in sports, other events of 1974, 1975 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty IROC Championship - inaugural year won by Mark Donohue Indianapolis 500 - Johnny Rutherford USAC Racing - Bobby Unser... See also: 1974 in sports, other events of 1975, 1976 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Benny Parsons won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty Indianapolis 500 - Bobby Unser USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the season championship Formula One Championship...

Gary Davidson, who started out in the marginally successful American Basketball Association and World Hockey Association, in which some of its teams survived long enough to enter the established basketball and hockey leagues into its respective organizations, his World Football League had not been successful against, much less bringing any survivors into the NFL. The American Basketball Association (ABA) was founded in 1967 and eventually merged with the National Basketball Association. ... World Hockey Association logo The World Hockey Association (French: Association Mondiale de Hockey) was a professional ice hockey league in North America from 1972 to 1979. ... The National Basketball Association, more commonly referred to as the NBA, is the worlds premier mens professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. ... The modernized NHL shield logo, debuting in 2005. ... The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ...

What the fledgling WFL did succeed in was raising the bar on salaries that had been stagnant in the NFL. Average salaries of NFL players were among the lowest in the four major sports; baseball, basketball, and hockey. Davidson's league garnered major news when the Toronto Northmen, led by John F. Bassett, signed three Miami Dolphins players: running back Larry Csonka, fullback Jim Kiick, and wide receiver Paul Warfield to what was then the richest 3-player deal in sports. The trio signed for an astounding $3.5 million dollars to play for the Toronto franchise, starting in 1975. The pact was a guaranteed, personal services contract, which meant that even if the WFL didn't survive its first season, the three would be paid regardless. The Memphis Southmen was a franchise in the World Football League which operated in 1974 and 1975. ... Lawrence Richard Csonka (born December 25, 1946, Stow, Ohio, USA) was a punishing American football player in the late 1960s and 1970s. ... Jim Kiick, born in 1946, is an American Football player. ... Paul Dryden Warfield (born November 28, 1942 in Warren, Ohio) was a professional American football wide receiver in the 1960s and 1970s. ...

Immediately, the NFL took notice as did its players when they were approached to jump leagues. The Oakland Raiders lost both their quarterbacks, Ken Stabler who signed with the Birmingham Americans and Daryle Lamonica who penned a contract to play for the Southern California Sun, starting in 1975. The Dallas Cowboys also took some roster hits when WFL teams in Hawaii and Houston signed running back Calvin Hill and quarterback Craig Morton respectively. By early June of 1974, the new league claimed they had some 60 NFL stars and regulars under contract with the WFL. Year Founded 1960 Conference AFC Division West Home Field McAfee Coliseum City Oakland, California Team Colors Silver and Black Head Coach Norv Turner Team history Oakland Raiders (1960-1981) Los Angeles Raiders (1982-1994) Oakland Raiders (1995-present) Affiliations American Football League (1960-1969) Western Division (1960-1969) National Football... Kenny The Snake Stabler is a former American football quarterback who played quarterback at the University of Alabama and for the Oakland Raiders under coach John Madden (1970-1984). ... The Birmingham Americans were the most successful of the World Football League franchises. ... Daryle Lamonica as an Oakland Raider Daryle Lamonica (born July 17, 1941 in Fresno, California) was a college and professional American football quarterback who played in the American Football League, and later in the National Football League. ... The Southern California Sun were an American football team based out of Anaheim that played in the World Football League. ... City Irving, Texas Team Colors Royal Blue, Metallic Silver, Blue, and White Head Coach Bill Parcells Fight song {{{song}}} Mascot Rowdy League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1960-present) Western Conference (1960) Eastern Conference (1961-1969) Capitol Division (1967-1969) National Football Conference (1970-present) NFC East (1970-present) Team... Calvin Hill (born 1947 - ) was a running back with a 12 year National Football League career from 1969 to 1981. ... Craig Morton Larry Craig Morton (born February 5, 1943) was a quarterback in the National Football League for three teams: the Dallas Cowboys, the New York Giants and the Denver Broncos. ...

Playing a 20-week regular season in 1974 - six weeks longer than the NFL's season at that time - the WFL staged no exhibition games. The scheduling proved to be a dauting task, considering that in order to complete the World Bowl Championship on time-set for Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in November, teams would play four games in fifteen days. This arduous amount of games resulted in many injuries and fatigue that mounted in team rosters. The World Bowl is the American football Championship game of the NFL Europe, similar to the Super Bowl of the NFL. As the NFL Europe was founded in 1991 as World League of American Football (WLAF), with teams in North America and Europe as well as expansion plans for Asia...

In the first few weeks, the WFL looked to be a resounding success. Attendance outpaced the first week of the old American Football League of 1960, averaging just under 43,000 a game. The box office numbers proved to be the beginning of the WFL's undoing. In Jacksonville, the Sharks admitted that 44,000 tickets were giveaways. The Philadelphia Bell whose first two home games totaled 120,000 fans, told the press that over 100,000 had been sold for almost nothing. Six games into the first season, WFL franchises were in serious trouble. The Detroit Wheels were looking to move to Charlotte, North Carolina and the Florida Blazers made overtures of bringing the first place club to Atlanta. The Jacksonville Sharks were a team that competed for part of the 1974 season in the World Football League, a failed attempt to lauch a second major professional football league in the United States in competition with the National Football League. ... The Philadelphia Bell was a franchise of the World Football League, which operated in 1974 and for a portion of a season in 1975. ... The Detroit Wheels were an American football team based in Detroit that played in the World Football League. ... County Mecklenburg Mayor Pat McCrory, (R) Area  - Total  - Water 629. ... The Florida Blazers were a franchise in the World Football League, a failed attempt to create a second major professional football league in the United States in competition with the established National Football League. ... Atlanta is the capital of and largest city in the U.S. state of Georgia. ...

By September, the barely one-year old league had bottomed out when two franchises relocated. The New York Stars relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina as the Charlotte Hornets, and the Houston Texans, the first WFL team to relocate in mid-season, moved to Shreveport, Louisiana as the Shreveport Steamer. In October, the league pulled the plug on the Detroit Wheels and the Jacksonville Sharks after only 14 games. Reports of financial hardship abounded. Two such stories were of Portland Storm players being fed by local citizens, and of the Charlotte Hornets having their uniforms impounded for not paying a laundry bill from the time the team was located in New York. The New York Stars were a 1974 team in the World Football League, a failed attempt to create a second major U.S. professional football league in competition with the established National Football League. ... County Mecklenburg Mayor Pat McCrory, (R) Area  - Total  - Water 629. ... Charlotte Hornets can refer to: A National Basketball Association team now known as the New Orleans Hornets. ... City Houston, Texas Team Colors Deep Steel Blue, Battle Red, and Liberty White Head Coach Dom Capers Fight song {{{song}}} Mascot Toro League/Conference affiliations National Football League (2002-present) American Football Conference (2002-present) AFC South (2002-present) Team history Houston Texans (2002-present) League titles League Championships (0... Shreveport, Louisiana is temporarily the second largest city and the third largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana, USA. It is located in Caddo Parish, and as of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 200,145. ... The Detroit Wheels were an American football team based in Detroit that played in the World Football League. ... The Jacksonville Sharks were a team that competed for part of the 1974 season in the World Football League, a failed attempt to lauch a second major professional football league in the United States in competition with the National Football League. ... Charlotte Hornets can refer to: A National Basketball Association team now known as the New Orleans Hornets. ...

Despite the disasters, many thought the WFL performed fairly well, though obviously below NFL standards. Many games were tight, decided by seven points or less, and the Action Point, the one-point option of running or passing rather than the standard "PAT" (Point After Touchdown) was favored among WFL coaches and critics. The only league chamnpionship: the World Bowl, or World Bowl I, was staged in Birmingham between the hometown Birmingham Americans and Florida Blazers. The Action Point proved to be the equalizer as the Americans won the championship by a single point, 22-21. The day after the World Bowl champions uniforms were confiscated by sheriff deputies. Birmingham is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County. ... The Birmingham Americans were the most successful of the World Football League franchises. ... The Florida Blazers were a franchise in the World Football League, a failed attempt to create a second major professional football league in the United States in competition with the established National Football League. ... The World Bowl is the American football Championship game of the NFL Europe, similar to the Super Bowl of the NFL. As the NFL Europe was founded in 1991 as World League of American Football (WLAF), with teams in North America and Europe as well as expansion plans for Asia...

Though many predicted the WFL was dead, the league returned for the 1975 season, with a new leader, president Chris Hemmeter, former co-owner of the 1974 Hawaiians franchise, and some new owners with new names. The deceased Sharks of Jacksonville came back as the 'Express.' The Portland Storm became the Portland 'Thunder', the Birmingham Americans renamed the Vulcans, and the Chicago Fire became the 'Winds'. World Bowl runner-ups, the Florida Blazers folded; its franchise rights relocated to San Antonio, Texas as the San Antonio Wings. Only two teams, Memphis and Philadelphia, returned with the same ownership from last season. The Jacksonville skyline and the Acosta Bridge. ... The Vulcan statue of Birmingham, Alabama, is the largest cast iron statue in the world and the symbol of the city. ... The phrase Chicago Fire can refer to: The fire that burned much of Chicago in 1871: see Great Chicago Fire The soccer team: see Chicago Fire (soccer) The American football team in the now defunct WFL: see Chicago Fire (football) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists... The Florida Blazers were a franchise in the World Football League, a failed attempt to create a second major professional football league in the United States in competition with the established National Football League. ... Downtown San Antonio as viewed from the Tower of the Americas Motto: Nickname: Alamo City Location in Texas Founded Incorporated 1731   County Bexar County Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor Phil Hardberger Area  - Total  - Water 1,067. ... San Antonio Wings rose like a phoenix from the ashes of the old Florida Blazers in the World Football League. ...

Several more NFL free agents including Calvin Hill and Ted Kwalick signed on with the struggling WFL, and the Chicago Winds made an offer to aging Super Bowl III-MVP Joe Namath, who seriously considered the offer before refusing and resigning with the New York Jets. The embarrasing rejection by Namath, after the Winds had invested so much effort in signing him, seriously hurt the Winds, who folded five weeks into the season. Shortly afterward, the entire league shut down and the Birmingham Vulcans, with a league best record of 9-3 were awarded the league championship. Calvin Hill (born 1947 - ) was a running back with a 12 year National Football League career from 1969 to 1981. ... The Chicago Winds was the World Football Leagues ill-fated 1975 entry the successor to the Chicago Fire. ... Date January 12, 1969 Stadium Orange Bowl Stadium City Miami, Florida MVP Joe Namath, Quarterback Favorite Colts by 18 National Anthem Anita Bryant Coin toss Game referee Halftime show America Thanks with Florida A&M University Attendance 75,389 TV in the United States Network NBC Announcers Curt Gowdy, Al... In American sports, a Most Valuable Player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests. ... Joseph William Namath (born May 31, 1943 in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania), was an American football quarterback for the American Football Leagues New York Jets and the Los Angeles Rams in the 1960s and the 1970s. ... Year Founded 1960 Conference AFC Division East Home Field Giants Stadium, referred to by the Jets as The Meadowlands City East Rutherford, New Jersey Team Colors Green and White Head Coach Herman Edwards League Titles League Championships (1) AFL Champions (& Pre-AFL-NFL Merger Super Bowl): 1968 (III) Conference Championships... The Birmingham Americans were a professional football team based in Birmingham, Alabama in the World Football League, an attempt to start a new major professional football league in the United States in competition with the established National Football League. ...

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Teams

• Birmingham Americans 1974/Birmingham Vulcans 1975
• Chicago Fire 1974/Chicago Winds 1975
• Detroit Wheels 1974
• Washington-Baltimore Ambassadors/ Virginia Ambassadors/Florida Blazers 1974/San Antonio Wings 1975
• (Honolulu) The Hawaiians 1974–75
• Houston Texans 1974/Shreveport Steamer 1974–75
• Jacksonville Sharks 1974/Jacksonville Express 1975
• Memphis Southmen (had started out as the Toronto Northmen, but moved to Memphis, Tennessee before the start of the season) 1974–1975/ Memphis Grizzlies 1975 ("official" team change name to Grizzlies after league folded in attempt to join the NFL).
• Boston Bulls/New York Stars 1974/Charlotte Stars 1974/Charlotte Hornets 1974–75
• Philadelphia Bell 1974–75
• Portland Storm 1974/Portland Thunder 1975
• Southern California Sun 1974–75

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1974 Season

Notes: (1) Jacksonville and Detroit folded after 14 games; each week thereafter, the teams that had games against those teams played each other. (2) Shreveport Steamer began season as Houston Texans. (3) Charlotte Hornets began season as New York Stars; upon moving to Charlotte, played one game as Charlotte Stars, and remaining games as Hornets. (4) Chicago forfeited its 20th game to Philadelphia, 2-0.

1974 Playoffs

In the original WFL schedule, the three division champions plus one wild-card were to qualify, culminating in a "World Bowl" on the evening after Thanksgiving (at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla.). Then, with financial problems mounting, it was announced that (1) the team with the best record would be declared the champion; (2) Three teams (Memphis, Birmingham, and Florida) would play-off (thus leaving West champ Southern California out); (3) Eight of the remaining 10 teams would qualify; and, finally, (4) the top two teams in each division would qualify, seeded entirely by won-lost record. This last format was followed, except that Charlotte said it couldn't participate due to a lack of funds, resulting in Philadelphia being selected as the East's second qualifier.

QUARTERFINAL PLAYOFFS

( November 20, 1974 and November 21, 1974):

Hawaiians defeated Southern California, 32-14 (@ Anaheim, Nov. 20th); Florida defeated Philadelphia, 18-3 (@ Orlando, Nov. 21st);

SEMIFINAL PLAYOFFS

(November 27, 1974 and Friday, November 29, 1974):

Birmingham defated Hawaiians, 22-19 (@ Birmingham, Nov. 27th); Florida defeated Memphis, 18-15 (@ Memphis, Nov. 29th).

WORLD BOWL

(December 5, 1974, at Legion Field, Birmingham, Ala.):

Birmingham Americans 22, Florida Blazers 21

1975 champions

• Birmingham was declared the 1975 champions at the time the league folded.

Rules

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• Touchdowns were worth 7 points, instead of 6.
• Conversions, called "action points", could only be scored via a run or pass play (as opposed to by kick as in other football leagues), and were worth one point.
• Kickoffs were from the 30-yard line instead of the 40. Prior to 1974, NFL teams kicked off from the 40; starting in 1974, the NFL moved its kickoffs back to the 35. Twenty years later, the kickoff line was pushed back to the 30.
• Receivers needed only one foot in bounds for a legal pass reception, instead of two feet in the NFL then and now. College and high school football have always used the one-foot rule.
• Bump-and-run pass coverage was outlawed once a receiver was 3 yards beyond the line of scrimmage. The NFL later adopted this rule, with a 5-yard bump zone.
• The goalposts were placed at the end line (the back of the end zone). At that time, college football goalposts were at the end line, but the NFL had its goalposts at the goal line from 1933 through 1973. Starting with the 1974 season, the NFL also moved its posts back to the end line.
• Missed field goals were returned to the line of scrimmage or the 20-yard line, whichever was farther from the goal line. The NFL also adopted this rule for its 1974 season, and moved the spot back to the point of the kick in 1994. Prior to this rule, missed field goals were (if unreturned) touchbacks, with the ball placed at the 20-yard line. (U.S. college football later adopted this rule, but as of 2005 has left the point as the line of scrimmage rather than the point of the placement.)
• A player in motion was allowed to move toward the line of scrimmage before the snap, as long as he was behind the line of scrimmage at the snap. This rule had never been used at any level of outdoor American football, but was (and still is) part of Canadian football. Later, this rule was adopted in Arena football.
• Punt returners were prohibited from using the fair catch, although the covering team could not come within 5 yards of the kick returner until he caught the ball. This rule also came from Canadian football, which still uses it, as does Arena football with kickoffs and missed field goals. The XFL also used the so-called "halo rule."
• Penalties for offensive holding and ineligible receiver downfield were 10 yards, instead of 15. Several years later, these became 10-yard penalties at all levels of football. Still later, the ineligible receiver penalty was changed to 5 yards (with loss of down).
• Its original overtime system was like nothing used in any form of American football before or since; it was far more similar to the system long used in international soccer. Overtime in the regular season was one fixed 15-minute period, divided into two halves of 7-1/2 minutes, each starting with a kickoff by one of the teams. The complete overtime was always played; there was no "sudden death" feature. In 1975, the WFL changed its overtime to the 15-minute sudden-death period then (as now) used in the NFL.
• Limited (or no) Pre-Season Games. In 1974 and 1975, NFL teams played six pre-season games and 14 regular season games (which was changed in 1978 to the current four pre-season and 16 regular season games). In contrast, the WFL's 1974 schedule called for 20 regular season games and no pre-season games; in 1975, it was 18 regular season games and two pre-season games.
• Summertime Football. The NFL's regular season started on September 15th in 1974 and on September 21st in 1975; the WFL's regular season started on July 10th in 1974 and on July 26th in 1975 (with the 1975 pre-season starting on July 5th).
• Weeknight Football (1974). While NFL games were played on weekends, the WFL's 1974 schedule called for Wednesday night football (with a Thursday night national TV game). This scheduling format was abandoned in 1975.

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Legacy

The WFL, for all its embarrassing miscues, is remembered for producing a number of coaches who would find success in the NFL: notably Jack Pardee, Lindy Infante, and Marty Schottenheimer. Memphis head coach John McVay would go on to become general manager of the San Francisco 49ers during the 1980s dynasty years. Several players, most notably Danny White later found success in the NFL as well. Born in Christoval, Texas, Jack Pardee was an All-American linebacker at Texas A&M University, a 2-time All-Pro with the Los Angeles Rams (1963) and Washington Redskins(1971), a 2-time NFL Coach of Year (1976,79), and winner of 87 games in 11 seasons. ... Lindy Infante was head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1988 to 1991 and of the Indianapolis Colts from 1996 to 1997. ... Marty Schottenheimer was born September 23, 1943 in the Pittsburgh suburb of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. ... City San Francisco, California Team Colors Metallic Gold, Cardinal Red, and Beige Head Coach Mike Nolan Fight song {{{song}}} Mascot Sourdough Sam League/Conference affiliations All-America Football Conference (1946-1949) Western Division (1946-1948) National Football League (1950-present) National Conference (1950-1952) Western Conference (1953-1969) Coastal Division... The 1980s, in its most obvious sense, was the decade between 1980 and 1989. ... In sports, the term dynasty is often used to refer to a team that dominates their sport for an extended period of time. ... Danny White is an American football coach in the Arena Football League and also occasionally appears as an analyst on broadcasts of college football games. ...

The WFL introduced the concept of 'singular' team names (i.e. the Sun, Bell, and Storm), which later became somewhat common in American sports other than football. The NFL's Houston Texans revived the name of the WFL's franchise for that city. City Houston, Texas Team Colors Deep Steel Blue, Battle Red, and Liberty White Head Coach Dom Capers Fight song {{{song}}} Mascot Toro League/Conference affiliations National Football League (2002-present) American Football Conference (2002-present) AFC South (2002-present) Team history Houston Texans (2002-present) League titles League Championships (0... The Houston Texans contemplated in this article were a franchise which competed in part of the 1974 season of the World Football League, which was an effort to establish a second major professional league of American football in the United States in competition with the National Football League and have... Downtown Houston City nickname: Space City Official website: www. ...

See also

• List of leagues of American football

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External links

• http://wflfootball.tripod.com/
• http://www.geocities.com/sdimitry/wfl.html