Saturday Night Football Fever: Reimagining the World Football League (New LA Action colors)

[neo_prankster]

I wasn't born yet when the World Football League crashed and burned in the mid-1970's. However, seeing the NFL Films Lost Treasures special about the WFL many years ago inspired me to ponder what it would've been like if things turned out right for the WFL. Where else could they have expanded? Could they have stuck around by the time ESPN launched? If the WFL stayed and there was no USFL, would Steve Young, Sam Mills, Reggie White, etc. have launched their careers in the WFL? Or....Could the WFL have had teams in Europe?

 

Another inspiration is the Major League Football thread created by @BayBaseballFan.

 

Keep in the mind, the 12 cities for 1974 will be the same, but as time goes on, some places will have different names to mix things up a bit.

 

We begin with the Memphis Hound Dogs.

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[neo_prankster]

Now, let's meet the only spring/alternative football team to be based outside the contiguous United States. The team that gave us Jim Fassel.

 

The Hawaiians.

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[neo_prankster]

The Philadelphia Bell have little to no changes. If the real WFL stayed long enough, theirs would've been an iconic look in my opinion.

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[neo_prankster]

The Birmingham Vulcans

Even though Birmingham won the only World Bowl as the Americans, I felt the name Vulcans was more unique to the region, thanks to the Vulcan Park and Statue. In real life, virtually nobody in the WFL had the UCLA/Colts-style shoulder loops. I thought I'd change that with the Vulcans design that you see here.

 

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[raz]

I alway love WFL ideas! 

 

Sad to see the Southmen/Grizzlies go away, but like the idea of the Hound Dogs. Would like to see it look mean, though. It just looks stunned. 

[neo_prankster]

11 hours ago, rjrrzube said:

I alway love WFL ideas! 

 

Sad to see the Southmen/Grizzlies go away, but like the idea of the Hound Dogs. Would like to see it look mean, though. It just looks stunned. 

How's this? Maybe the equipment manager uses some white athletic tape, masking tape or electrical tape to make the angry eyebrows on short notice.

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[neo_prankster]

Up next, let's meet the Jacksonville Sharks.

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[neo_prankster]

Up next:

The Chicago Fire...long before the MLS team of the same name.

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[neo_prankster]

Bump.

[neo_prankster]

Now, let's meet the Portland Chinook.

Some of you may remember the logo from one of my Driveball threads, except now with green instead of black.

 

Here's how the '74 alignment will look in this scenario:

Eastern Division

Jacksonville Sharks

New York

Philadelphia Bell

Washington/Baltimore/Virginia/Orlando (TBD)

 

Central Division

Birmingham Vulcans

Chicago Fire

Detroit (TBD)

Memphis Hound Dogs

 

Western Division

Hawaiians

Portland Chinook

Houston Texans

Southern California (TBD)

 

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[raz]

12 hours ago, neo_prankster said:

How's this? Maybe the equipment manager uses some white athletic tape, masking tape or electrical tape to make the angry eyebrows on short notice.

Much better, thanks for listening! 

[Bomba Tomba]

Think there's too little pink on the away

[neo_prankster]

1 hour ago, Bomba Tomba said:

Think there's too little pink on the away

How does this look?

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[jbird669]

This is a great topic! I can't wait to see more. 

[neo_prankster]

The Houston Texans of the real WFL had a pretty solid look before they moved midseason to Shreveport.

 

So little to nothing changes for Houston except for the addition of green facemasks.

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Coming up next:

New York and Los Angeles

[neo_prankster]

Sorry folks, but I just couldn't resist.

Please welcome our first real fauxback team, the Orlando Thunder.

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[neo_prankster]

To complete the Central Division, let's meet the Detroit Wheels.

The only place I could find a good image of the Wheels logo was on the Dead Football page about the real life Wheels.

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[Bomba Tomba]

17 hours ago, neo_prankster said:

How does this look?

 

[chinook]

Yeah, looks great to me

[neo_prankster]

Bumping this up real quick.

 

I'm stuck on what to do with the NY and Los Angeles/Anaheim teams. I want to create different identities from what those markets had in the real WFL, but I'm a little stumped.

[raz]

Los Angeles Lobos/Diablos

New York Gargoyles