Fort Myers Tarpons
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Fort Myers Tarpons | |
Founded | 2006 |
Folded | 2007 |
Arena | Lee County Civic Center Lee County Civic Center The Lee County Civic Center is a 7,800-seat multi-purpose arena in North Fort Myers, Florida, USA. It was opened in 1978.It hosts local sporting events and concerts.... |
Based in | Fort Myers, Florida Fort Myers, Florida Fort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. Its population was 62,298 in the 2010 census, a 29.23 percent increase over the 2000 figure.... |
Colors | Silver, blue |
League | National Indoor Football League National Indoor Football League National Indoor Football League was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, af2, however, that changed briefly with their expansion into AFL... |
Head coach | Bernard Edwards Bernard Edwards Bernard Edwards born in Greenville, North Carolina, was a bass player and record producer, both as a member of the Funk/Disco band Chic and on his own. He died of pneumonia while touring in Japan.-History:... |
President of Football Operations |
The Fort Myers Tarpons were a team of the National Indoor Football League
National Indoor Football League
National Indoor Football League was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, af2, however, that changed briefly with their expansion into AFL...
scheduled to play in 2007. They played their home games at the Lee County Civic Center
Lee County Civic Center
The Lee County Civic Center is a 7,800-seat multi-purpose arena in North Fort Myers, Florida, USA. It was opened in 1978.It hosts local sporting events and concerts....
. http://news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061101/SPORTS/611010421/1010 However, they met a horrible fate of a struggling league that had a lot of games canceled. They ended up disbanded and replaced by the Florida Stingrays
Florida Stingrays
The Florida Stingrays was a 2008 expansion team of the American Indoor Football Association. They played their home games at the Lee County Civic Center...
of the American Indoor Football Association. NIFL Florida Division Suspended In Early 2007.
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