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The San Antonio Toros: South Texas’ scrappy contenders of the Continental Football League
If you love the odd corners of American football history, the San Antonio Toros are catnip. In an era when the NFL–AFL merger was...
CoFL Staff
5 days ago8 min read
The Continental Football League: Bold Beginnings of a Forgotten Dream
When football fans talk about rival leagues of the past, the AFL and USFL usually dominate the conversation. The AFL forced the NFL into...
CoFL Staff
Sep 55 min read
Before the Genius: Bill Walsh’s Forgotten Start in the CoFL
How a short-lived minor league became the launchpad for football’s greatest innovator. When football historians speak of Bill Walsh, the...
CoFL Staff
Sep 53 min read
Otis Sistrunk: From the CoFL to the “University of Mars”
In the annals of pro football, few names carry the mix of grit, legend, and sheer improbability quite like Otis Sistrunk. Known as the bald-headed defensive lineman who anchored the Oakland Raiders in the 1970s, Sistrunk became a cult hero when ABC’s Monday Night Football jokingly introduced him as a graduate of the “University of Mars.”But before he was a Raider icon, Sistrunk was grinding in the shadows of a forgotten league, the CoFL
CoFL Staff
Sep 54 min read
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