1967 Orlando Panthers Program

Orlando Panthers

Continental Football League (1966-1969)
Atlantic Coast Football League (1970)

Tombstone

Born: 1966 – The Newark Bears relocate to Orlando, FL
Folded: Postseason 1970

First Game: August 20, 1966 (W 49-27 @ Montreal Beavers)
Last Game: November 28, 1970 (L 21-20 vs. Indianapolis Capitols)

Continental Football League Champions: 1967 & 1968

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Continental Football League Most Valuable Player

  • 1966: Don Jonas
  • 1967: Don Jonas
  • 1968: Don Jonas

 

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Orlando Panthers Shop

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Continental Football League
Logo T-Shirt

 Variously described as everything from “semi-pro” football to the “third Major League” behind the NFL and AFL during the late 1960’s, the Continental Football briefly established a sprawling network of pro football clubs that stretched from Florida to Mexico City to British Columbia. The Continental League helped launch the careers of Hall-of-Famers Bill Walsh and Ken Stabler and other NFL stars of the 1970’s including Otis Sistrunk, Bob Kuechenberg and Coy Bacon.
Our friends at Old School Shirts make the only Continental League shirt we’ve found and like all of their retro Americana tees, it’s soft and fits great!
 
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10-31-1970 Panthers @ Roanoke Buckskins Roster

10-31-1970 Orlando Panthers @ Roanoke Buckskins Roster

 

Links

Recalling Orlando Panthers: Their Legend is Quite Major“, Brian Schmitz, The Orlando Sentinel, August 24, 1986

Continental Football League Media Guides

Continental Football League Programs

Atlantic Coast Football League Media Guides

Atlantic Coast Football League Programs

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  1. What was the Orlando panthers business address in the 60s? I was a very young child, my father Elmer Cook was the Panthers manager. Trying to find some photos of him and the players end of the games

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