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1966 Waterbury Orbits program from the Atlantic Coast Football League

Waterbury Orbits

The Waterbury Orbits were a minor league football outfit that played in 1966 and 1967 in the Atlantic Coast Football League during the mid-1960’s. Notable players included the cult legend minor league quarterback Jim “King” Corcoran, who blew through town in 1967, and gargantuan defensive lineman Wayne Coleman (’66) who went on to become the pro wrestling legend Superstar Billy Graham in the late 1970’s. The team moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1968.

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