Tag: Carl Scheer

Greensboro Generals Hockey

Greensboro Generals (1959-1977)

The Greensboro Generals were a long-running minor league outfit that was one of the first pro hockey teams to establish a following in the American South.  The Generals formed as an Eastern Hockey League expansion franchise in 1959, the same year that the city of Greensboro, North Carolina opened up the 7,000-seater Greensboro Coliseum. Read more…

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Carolina Vipers Continental Indoor Soccer League

Carolina Vipers

The Carolina Vipers soccer team was a founding member of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (1993-1997) but didn’t begin play until the league’s second season in the summer of 1994. Playing out of Charlotte’s Independence Arena, the Vipers finished their only season with a dismal 3-25 record. The club folded quietly after the 1994 season wrapped up.

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