Alternate History Sports / The Story of Driveball

**Posted by Rugrat** 5/23/2020 4:15 pm

NeoPrankster wrote:
Rugrat wrote:
I remember those guys from the old driveball thread on CCSLC
Yup. They were there. Cleveland, New York and Detroit were there too.

I can rememeber the Miami Flamingos, Houston Marshals, Atlanta Aviators, Kansas City Rustlers and my team, the Philadelphia Brawlers (will they come back?)

**Posted by NeoPrankster** 5/23/2020 4:30 pm

Rugrat wrote:
NeoPrankster wrote:
Rugrat wrote:
I remember those guys from the old driveball thread on CCSLC
Yup. They were there. Cleveland, New York and Detroit were there too.
I can remember the Miami Flamingos, Houston Marshals, Atlanta Aviators, Kansas City Rustlers and my team, the Philadelphia Brawlers (will they come back?)

Philadelphia will be the first to come back for sure, but it might have to be through relocation at the moment.

**Posted by NeoPrankster** 5/23/2020 7:30 pm

BUFFALO LAKERS

Venue: War Memorial Stadium

Owner: Ludwig Gottlieb, 58. Owner of Niagra-Frontier Industries, a local textile firm.

General Manager: Earl Jonas
Head Coach: Terrell Starr
Forwards Coach: Merrill Creed
Midfielders Coach: Mickey Reeves
Backs Coach: Jerry Grossman

PLAYERS
Forwards
Ken Curtis
Dick Shelley
Rex Simpson
Milt Bergen
Louie Castelucci
Donald Odom
Guy Rinaldi
Baxter Duncan
Carlos Melendez

Midfielders
Larry Clemmons
Dick Kelsey
Cliff Buckley
Ned Provensen
Floyd McManus
Peter Dykstra
Ollie Gunther
Paul Rathman

Backs
Ralph Wright
Doc Sherwood
Shepard Burkle
Claude Riley
Grant Miller
Leroy Barnes
Woody Fairbanks
Chip Felton
Pat Holloway

UNIFORM AND LOGO

**Posted by Rugrat** 5/23/2020 9:32 pm

Looks like the logo for Blue Buffalo pet food to be honest

**Posted by NeoPrankster** 5/24/2020 3:30 pm

NEWARK BULLDOGS

Venue: Ruppert Stadium

Owner: Dan Topping, one time owner of the NY Yankees (MLB).

General Manager: Vernon Collins

Head Coach: Ivan Earl
Forwards Coach: Thurston Roberts
Midfielders Coach: Pat Kinney
Backs Coach: Happy Armstrong

PLAYERS
Forwards
Fred Moore
Art Babbitt
Grant Simmons
Walter Clinton
Norm Hubley
David Fraser
Ollie Johnston
John Walbridge
Roscoe Graham

Midfielders
Jesse Orbison
Merle Cox
Charles Henderson
Percy Churchill
Wilbur McIntosh
Travis Johnson
Ken Holmquist
Kerry Dane

Backs
Charles Philippi
Hugh Hennesy
Ed Penner
Dean St. James
Andy Patterson
Spike Benedict
Willie Emerson
Sidney Franklin
Butch Vanderbeek

LOGO AND UNIFORM
A repurposing of the NFL New York Bulldogs logo.

**Posted by Section30** 5/24/2020 3:46 pm

The Bulldogs look really clean, love that shade of blue with white.

**Posted by NeoPrankster** 5/24/2020 3:51 pm

Section30 wrote:
The Bulldogs look really clean, love that shade of blue with white.

The last team I still gotta do is Rochester (NY), but I'm stumped on a name.

**Posted by Rugrat** 5/24/2020 4:33 pm

For Rochester why not Red Birds? Baseball has mostly been the Red Wings and Red Birds is not used by any other pro sports team as a full time name

**Posted by Section30** 5/24/2020 4:47 pm

Maybe the Millers or something related to flour with Rochester being called the flour city.

**Posted by sportsfan7** 5/24/2020 6:32 pm

Rugrat wrote:
For Rochester why not Red Birds? Baseball has mostly been the Red Wings and Red Birds is not used by any other pro sports team as a full time name

Memphis Redbirds of the PCL