Chicago Blitz

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The Chicago Blitz was a short-lived professional American football team in the United States Football League (USFL) during the early 1980s.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chicago Blitz canonical 1
Chicago Rush 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American football team ⓘ
United States Football League team ⓘ
defunct sports team ⓘ
abbreviation USFL ⓘ
activeSeasons 1983 ⓘ
1984 ⓘ
category Defunct American football teams in Illinois ⓘ
Sports clubs and teams in Chicago ⓘ
cityRepresented Chicago ⓘ
competitionLevel professional ⓘ
conference USFL Western Conference ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1984 ⓘ
division USFL Central Division ⓘ
era early 1980s ⓘ
firstSeason 1983 ⓘ
founded 1982 ⓘ
governingBody United States Football League ⓘ
headCoach George Allen ⓘ
headCoachInSeason George Allen, 1983 ⓘ
homeCity Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Chicago
homeStadium Soldier Field ⓘ
inception 1982 ⓘ
lastSeason 1984 ⓘ
league United States Football League ⓘ
location Chicago ⓘ
madePlayoffsInSeason 1983 ⓘ
notablePlayer Frank Corral ⓘ
Greg Landry ⓘ
Tim Spencer ⓘ
Tom Thayer ⓘ
Trumaine Johnson ⓘ
Vince Evans ⓘ
owner Ted Diethrich ⓘ
playedHomeGamesAt Soldier Field ⓘ
reasonForNotability complex franchise swap after 1983 season ⓘ
participation in inaugural USFL season ⓘ
region Midwestern United States ⓘ
shortLived true ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
successorTeam Arizona Wranglers ⓘ
teamColors blue ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
teamStatus defunct ⓘ
uniformColor red jerseys ⓘ
white pants ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marv Levy → coachedTeam → Chicago Blitz ⓘ
Arena Football League → hasTeam → Chicago Rush ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Blitz