Birmingham Americans

Birmingham Americans

First Season
1974
Team History
Birmingham Americans (1974)
Conference/Division
World Football League (1974) Central Division (1974)
Venue
Legion Field (1974)
Key People
Players • Head Coaches • Executives

The 'Birmingham Americans were a professional American football team located in Birmingham, Alabama. They were members of the four-team Central Division of the World Football League (WFL). The Americans, founded in late December 1973, folded after only one season. Most of the team's assets were seized to pay back taxes; failed lawsuits to recover the signing bonus money kept the team in the headlines long after the WFL was itself defunct. The Americans were replaced as the Birmingham WFL franchise for the 1975 season by a new team called the Birmingham Vulcans.

Publications

Home programs by season

1970s

Date	Opponent	Venue
1974
[[https://www.sportspaper.info/football/wfl/seasons/1974/07-17_bir-nys.html">July 17</a>	at New York Stars	Downing Stadium
[[https://www.sportspaper.info/football/wfl/seasons/1974/07-24_mem-bir.html">July 24</a>	vs. Memphis Southmen	Legion Field
[[https://www.sportspaper.info/football/wfl/seasons/1974/07-31_bir-det.html">July 31</a>	at Detroit Wheels	Rynearson Stadium
[[https://www.sportspaper.info/football/wfl/seasons/1974/08-07_det-bir.html">August 7</a>	vs. Detroit Wheels	Legion Field
[[https://www.sportspaper.info/football/wfl/seasons/1974/08-14_haw-bir.html">August 14</a>	vs. The Hawaiians	Legion Field
[[https://www.sportspaper.info/football/wfl/seasons/1974/08-21_bir-jax.html">August 21</a>	at Jacksonville Sharks	Gator Bowl
[[https://www.sportspaper.info/football/wfl/seasons/1974/08-29_bir-chi.html">August 29</a>	at Chicago Fire	Soldier Field
[[https://www.sportspaper.info/football/wfl/seasons/1974/09-07_chi-bir.html">September 7</a>	vs. Chicago Fire	Legion Field
[[https://www.sportspaper.info/football/wfl/seasons/1974/09-11_bir-mem.html">September 11</a>	at Memphis Southmen	Memphis Memorial Stadium
[[https://www.sportspaper.info/football/wfl/seasons/1974/10-02_bir-haw.html">October 2</a>	at The Hawaiians	Honolulu Stadium
[[https://www.sportspaper.info/football/wfl/seasons/1974/10-09_por-bir.html">October 9</a>	vs. Portland Storm	Legion Field
[[https://www.sportspaper.info/football/wfl/seasons/1974/10-16_bir-scal.html">October 16</a>	at Southern California Sun	Anaheim Stadium
<a href="../../seasons/1974/12-05_fla-bir_2.html">2</a>)	vs. Florida Blazers	Legion Field

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