Tag: Alamo Stadium

1970 San Antonio Toros program from the Texas Football League

San Antonio Toros

The San Antonio Toros were a powerhouse minor league football squad of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. Between 1967 and 1971 the Toros won five consecutive league titles, thanks to a unusually stable core of returning players that came back to the Toros year after year. The Toros disappeared from the scene in 1975 after getting displaced by the San Antonio Wings of the more ambitious World Football League.

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1975 San Antonio Wings program from the World Football League

San Antonio Wings

The San Antonio Wings were a new franchise in the second and final season of the World Football League (WFL) in 1975. The WFL was an attempt to directly challenge the supremacy of the National Football League, as the American Football League had done successfully a decade earlier. The Wings only managed to play 13 games before the entire league went belly up in October of 1975. This Jekyll-and-Hyde squad was unbeatable at home at Alamo Stadium (7-0) but hapless everywhere else, dropping all six of their road games.

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1976 San Antonio Thunder media guide from the North American Soccer League

San Antonio Thunder

San Antonio’s original pro soccer club, the Thunder, joined the North American Soccer League (NASL) as an expansion franchise in 1975. The club lasted for two seasons before moving to Hawaii. The Thunder may well be the only team among the thousands captured here on Fun While It Lasted to set their all-time single-game attendance record for a pre-season exhibition game.

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San Antonio Gunslingers United States Football League

San Antonio Gunslingers

The San Antonio Gunslingers were a gritty, hard-nosed team in the short-lived United States Football League.  Although they posted losing records in both of their spring campaigns, they competed harder under adverse conditions than just about any USFL observers at the time anticipated.

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