Tales from the Graveyard... the Football Team Graveyard!

*maniacal cackling*

Hello, "Boils" and "Ghouls!" Larry Langford here. Tonight's tale is that of the Birmingham Americans, a team buried in the history books... but play them and it was YOU who would end up six feet under!

Legion Field truly was a house of horrors for opposing teams... none of the 13 who ventured in came out alive!

Local businessman Bill Putnam took a stab at team ownership, and you might say that his minions were quite adept at "Putnam in body bags!"


The Americans haunted the Central Division of the World Football League during its inau-"ghoul" season of 1974. They may have been the American dream, but for the rest of the league it was truly a nightmare!

On Thursday, Dismember 5th, 1974 the "talon"-ted team clawed their way to a World Bowl Championship!

Soon after, however, their fortunes turned for the worse. They've "slain" dormant, rotting in the earth.... until tonight!

*maniacal cackling*