Lehigh Valley Steelhawks
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Established 2010 Play in Allentown, Pennsylvania at the PPL Center LVSteelhawks.com |
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Indoor Football League (2011–2012)
Professional Indoor Football League (2013–2015)
American Indoor Football (2016)
National Arena League (2017–present) |
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| Team colors | Black, Vegas Gold, White |
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| Mascot | Talon | ||
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| Owner(s) | Glenn Clark | ||
| President | Glenn Clark | ||
| General manager | Michael Clark | ||
| Head coach | Chris Thompson | ||
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League championships (0) |
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Conference championships (1) PIFL: 2014 NAL: 0 |
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Division championships (0) |
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| Playoff appearances (5) | |||
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IFL: 2012 PIFL: 2013, 2014, 2015 AIFA: 2016 NAL: 0 |
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Indoor Football League (2011–2012)
Professional Indoor Football League (2013–2015)
American Indoor Football (2016)
National Arena League (2017–present)
The Lehigh Valley Steelhawks are a professional indoor football team based in Allentown, Pennsylvania and are members of the National Arena League (NAL). The Steelhawks began play as an expansion team in the Indoor Football League (IFL) in 2011. The Steelhawks moved to the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) in 2013, where they made their only championship game appearance to date, losing PIFL Cup III to the Nashville Venom. The team joined American Indoor Football for the 2016 season after the PIFL folded. The Steelhawks are the Lehigh Valley's second indoor football team, following the defunct Lehigh Valley Outlawz of the Continental Indoor Football League (2005–2008). Both teams played their home games at Stabler Arena. The owner of the Steelhawks is Glenn Clark. The Steelhawks play their home games at the PPL Center.
In July, 2010, the Indoor Football League (IFL) announced that there would be an expansion franchise placed in Lehigh Valley for the 2011 season. It was also announced that the team would be owned by Glenn W. Clark, a Wilmington, Delaware businessman. Later in July the team announced that they had named Dan Kuhn as the team's general manager and would be holding a "Name The Team" contest was held to choose a name for the organization. Over 700 names were submitted and the top five were chosen by management. These names were Vipers, Ironmen, Blast, Gamblers, and Steelhawks. Fans were then asked to vote on the name they thought would be best for the team with over 70% of the votes being cast for Steelhawks. Brooke Trautwein, the fan who submitted the Steelhawks name, was given a prize package that included season tickets and Steelhawks' merchandise.
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