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Years
of Operation: 1967
Overall
Record: 0-3
First
Game: Aug 11, 1967 vs Orange Co. Ramblers
First
Win: No Wins
Final
Game: Aug 26, 1967 vs Seattle Rangers
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League
Affiliation:
Continental Football League (1967)
Independent (1967)
Team
Headquarters:
Suite 345, 5505 East Carson Street,
Lakewood, California 90713 |
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Owner:
Shelby Calhoun (Pres) Bob Spitler (VP)
General
Manager: Bob Spitler
Coaches:
Shelby Calhoun (HC) Carver Shannon (AC) Frank Ganz (AC); Johnny
Olezewski (AC)
Home
Field(s): Veterans Memorial Stadium |
Team Colors: Kelly Green, Texas Orange,
Black
Titles
Won:
None |
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The saga of the Long Beach Admirals didn't end with
their ouster from the Western Division of the Continental Football
League. When GM Bob Spitler asked to move the team to Portland, Oregon
after week one and the poor attendance (approx 950) indicated a dire
future in Long Beach and a teenager wrote to a newspaper regarding the
problems with the team, the CFL met and revoked the franchise.
In an article printed in the Eugene Register-Guard
by Neil Cawood, he reported that Spitler decided to move the team to
Portland anyway and pursue an independent schedule. "Despite the
decision of the CFL to revoke our franchise and keep us out of Portland,
we'll move our office personnel and 10 of our key ball players at once.
We'll hold a tryout camp for the Portland players as soon as possible to
complete the 35-man roster we intend to carry", Spitler was quoted.
Peter Murphy Jr., president of the Eugene Bombers
would not play the team unless the CFL said it was ok, and Danny Hill,
executive director of the division offered this quote: "We've got
a lot of different groups interested in the Portland franchise - people
from Vancouver to Houston - and we're not going to let a shaky franchise
like Long Beach go in there." Hill also indicated that proof of
"local ownership" was a reason for denying the move.
Portland would land the Loggers franchise in 1968.
Dick Suess, Jim Harrington, and Frank Ganz were
also part of Spitler's Portland ownership group trying to make the move
happen. |
1967 Schedule/Results (0-3): |
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