Orlando Thunder
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| Year founded | 1991 | ||
| Year retired | 1992 | ||
| City | Orlando, Florida | ||
| Team colors | Lime Green, Royal Blue, Light Blue, Yellow, White |
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| Franchise W-L-T record | Regular Season: 13–7 Postseason: 1–1 |
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The Orlando Thunder was a member of the World League of American Football from 1991 to 1992 (known as NFL Europe from 1995 onwards). The team played their games in the 70,000 seat Citrus Bowl, and was coached by Don Matthews in 1991 and Galen Hall in 1992. The team's most visible point was their colors – the League wanted to develop new colors which hadn't been used for teams before, hence the vermilion and green that the Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks wore, and the fluorescent green jerseys that the Thunder sported.
The team's general managers were Lee Corso and Dick Beam. In 1991 the team played to a 5–5 record, and in 1992 the team had an outstanding 8–2 record, and made it to the World Bowl II championship game before losing to the Sacramento Surge 21–17. Despite the team's success early on however, the Thunder's attendance figures fell from over 19,000 per game in its first year, to just over 16,000 per game its second year, and the team was folded.
Notable players include Kerwin Bell and Scott Mitchell, a left-handed quarterback who went on to play in the NFL for the Miami Dolphins and Detroit Lions.
In 2006, readers of ESPN's Uni Watch column voted the team's jersey 2nd worst football jersey of all-time.[1]
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