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The World Football League (WFL) was an American football league that played one full season in 1974 and most of its second in 1975.Although the league's proclaimed ambition was to bring American football onto a worldwide stage, only one team – the Hawaiians in Honolulu, Hawaii - was headquartered outside of continental North America.
The Hawaiians were a professional American football team based in Honolulu that played in the World Football League.They played two seasons, 1974 and 1975. Their records were 9–11 in 1974 and 4–7–1 in 1975.
The original WFL schedule had the three division champions plus one wild-card qualify, culminating in a "World Bowl" on the evening after Thanksgiving at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville. With financial problems mounting, various formats were bandied about: The playoffs would be scratched and the team with the best record would be declared champion.
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The team was founded in late October 1973, with building magnate Thomas Origer becoming the first owner to purchase a WFL franchise, for around $400,000. Chicago was also the first franchise to sign a player, former Notre Dame and Chicago Bears wide receiver Jim Seymour , and then added quarterback Virgil Carter , who also had played for the ...
The 1974 WFL Draft was the first collegiate draft of the World Football League (WFL). The first 6 rounds took place on January 4, at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York. The final thirty rounds were postponed until February 5. On March 18, 1974, in addition to this selection process, the WFL held a Pro Draft of players from the NFL and CFL ...
A week later, after vetoing several prospective owners, the WFL folded the team (as well as the hapless Detroit Wheels), and the Sharks' last six games were cancelled. Today, the name is used by the National Arena League 's Jacksonville Sharks , which began play in the Arena Football League in 2010.
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