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Name: Jonathan McAllen
Age: 46
Bio: Originally a graduate from Harvard University, Jonathan founded McAllen Insurance Group in Hartford. Originally a fan of the Connecticut Sailors. He wishes to see the team or a new team be placed in Hartford.
Choices for Expansion:
Los Angeles, CA
Dallas, Tx
Montreal, QC
Houston, TX
If he had the choice to select cities:
Hartford, CT
San Francisco, CA
(Hope this was good enough. I need to visit here more. Love this story btw.)
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Name: Jonathan Knitler
Age: 52
Bio: A escapist from East Germany, he moved to the US and started a very successful Steel company in Birmingham, known as LKS Co., Being a very big fan of the Washington Federals he would like to see more teams down south
Choices For Expansion:
Maimi, FL
Houston,TX
Vancouver,BC (he visited there once and he thought it was quite nice)
Dallas, TX
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1963 NAFA Off Season: Part I
Thank you to everyone who voted in the Expansion Council. The vote is in for the four teams that will be added in 1964-65 and 1965-66:
Dallas: 12
Los Angeles: 11
Montreal: 10
Pittsburgh: 8
Miami: 5
Houston: 5
Cincinnati: 1
Vancouver: 0
Commissioner Evans announced the four new markets at a press conference in the NAFA Building in Manhattan on June 1, 1963.
Los Angeles and Pittsburgh will be added in the 1964-65 season.
Dallas and Montreal will he added in the 1965-66 season.
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1963 NAFA Draft
June 14, 1963 | NAFA Headquarters | Manhattan, NY
First Round
Round 1, Pick 1: Minneapolis Black Bears select Dennis Cook
CB | 6-1 180 lbs | Missouri
Round 1, Pick 2: Detroit Sparks select Solomon Sauer
QB | 6-3 204 lbs | Syracuse
Round 1, Pick 3: New York Blues select Felix Gutierrez
OLB | 6-4 235 lbs | Texas
Round 1, Pick 4: Cleveland Lumberjacks select Louis Hill
T | 6-4 265 lbs | Miami (OH)
Round 1, Pick 5: Washington Federals select Daron Justice
CB | 6-1 178 lbs | Cincinnati
Round 1, Pick 6: St. Louis Knights select Otis Hudson
DE | 6-3 225 lbs | Marshall
Round 1, Pick 7: Philadelphia Americans select Nick Phillips
QB | 6-2 183 lbs | Oregon
Round 1, Pick 8: Ottawa Capitals (via TOR) select Logan Becnel
C | 6-2 234 lbs | Tulsa
Round 1, Pick 9: Ottawa Capitals select Delbert McKenzie
DT | 6-4 258 lbs | Memphis
Round 1, Pick 10: Indianapolis Chiefs select Sal Broderick
QB | 6-3 197 lbs | Yale
Round 1, Pick 11: Boston Riders select Brian Peterson
S | 6-2 208 lbs | Virginia Tech
Round 1, Pick 12: Chicago Cougars select Jay Clayton
TE | 6-5 249 lbs | Ole Miss
IN THE NEWS
After yet another season of either not making the playoffs or losing in the first round (they're 0-8 all-time in the playoffs), the Philadelphia Americans have parted ways with longtime coach Boyd West. Taking his place will be former Boston offensive coordinator Franklin Mayes.
The Pittsburgh expansion group has announced plans to build a stadium on the banks of the Ohio River that will be ready for their first season.
There were no major trades this off season.
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Last edited by DoctaC (9/06/2019 7:36 am)
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1963 NAFA Off Season: Part II
Two teams made changes to their identities this year:
Detroit went with a new uniform design that now uses colored sleeves. They also added a single stripe on their helmets and pants.
Indianapolis became the second club to utilize and alternate uniform. It is black and uses white numbers with an orange outline.
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I actually hate that I like the Chiefs look so much.
Go Sparks!
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The Chiefs black alt looks great
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Really liking the Chiefs alt, looks great!
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The Chiefs look great in black! I do like the Sparks as well but they're sorely missing gold. Hopefully it'll be back soon.
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So, I only just now realized that the Chiefs are supposed to be an orange team, lmao! Anyway, I like the home and alternate jerseys. Not super crazy about the black home pants, but to be fair, I tend to dislike black pants in football, (most teams don't look in them in my eyes). So yeah, overall, nice job!
I wouldn't mind seeing Detroit bring some more gold into the jersey either, although they look fine as it is. Interesting concept for this team with the shelve colors being different from the chest portion of the jersey.
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First time I have actually looked into this thread and I think its very high quality. You have done a great job of constructing identities and presentation is very clean. The favorite look has to be the black bears when it comes to logo, but much preferred the uniforms out of Ottawa before they toned it down a bit. Looking forward to expansion to the west!