Georgia-Florida League

Georgia-Florida League

The Georgia-Florida League was a minor baseball league that existed from 1935 through 1958 and in 1962–1963...

• Albany Cardinals (1947–1958)
• Americus Phillies (1947–1950), Americus Rebels (1951)
• Americus-Cordele Orioles (1954–1955)
• Brunswick Pirates (1951–1956)
• Cordele A's (1950–1953)
• Cordele Indians (1947–1949)
• Dublin Orioles (1958)
• Fitzgerald A's (1956)
• Fitzgerald Orioles (1957)
• Fitzgerald Pioneers (1953), Fitzgerald Redlegs (1954)
• Moultrie A's (1948–1949)
• Moultrie Cubs (1950)
• Moultrie Giants (1952)
• Moultrie Packers (1947)
• Moultrie Reds (1955–1956)
• Moultrie To-baks (1951)
• Moultrie/Brunswick Phillies (1957–1958)
• Thomasville Dodgers (1953–1958)
• Thomasville Tigers (1947–1950)
• Thomasville Tomcats (1952)
• Tifton Blue Sox (1951–1953) (1955)
• Tifton Indians (1954)
• Tifton Phillies (1956)
• Valdosta Dodgers (1946–1952), Valdosta Browns (1953), Valdosta Tigers (1954–1958)
• Waycross Bears, (1947–1955), Waycross Braves
  Waycross Braves
  The Waycross Braves were a minor league baseball team located in Waycross, Georgia, United States. An affiliate of the Milwaukee Braves, they played in the Georgia-Florida League from 1956 to 1958 and in 1963.-Year-by-year record:...
  
   (1956–1958),

Southern League

Southern League (baseball)

The Southern League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the Southern United States. It is classified a Double-A league. The original league was formed in , and shut down in . A new league, the Southern Association, was formed in , consisting of twelve teams...

• Savannah White Sox (1962) , became Lynchburg White Sox (1963–1965), Evansville White Sox
  Evansville White Sox
  The Evansville White Sox were a minor league baseball team based in Evansville, Indiana that played in the Southern League from 1966 to 1968. They were affiliated with the Chicago White Sox and played their home games at Bosse Field.-Year-by-year record:...
  
   (1966–1968), Columbus White Sox (1969), Columbus Astros (1970–1988), Columbus Mudcats (1989–1990), the Carolina Mudcats
  Carolina Mudcats
  The Carolina Mudcats are a minor league baseball team based in the eastern suburbs of Raleigh, North Carolina. The team, which plays in the Carolina League, are the Single-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians major-league club beginning in 2012.-History:...
  
   (1991–present)
• Columbus Confederate Yankees
  Columbus Confederate Yankees
  The Columbus Confederate Yankees are a former minor league baseball team based in Columbus, Georgia. The team played for three seasons from to in the Double-A Southern League....
  
   (1964–1966)
• Macon Peaches
• Savannah Braves
• Savannah Indians
• Savannah Senators

Western Carolinas League

Western Carolinas League

The Western Carolinas League was a Class D and a low Class A full-season league in American minor league baseball. The WCL changed its name prior to the 1980 season and has been known since as the South Atlantic League, a highly successful low Class A circuit with teams up the Eastern Seaboard...

 / South Atlantic League

South Atlantic League

The South Atlantic League is a minor league baseball league based chiefly in the Southeastern United States, with the exception of three teams in the Mid-Atlantic States...

• Albany Polecats
  Albany Polecats
  The Albany Polecats were a minor league baseball team in Albany, Georgia. They were a low-A class team that played in the South Atlantic League, and were a farm team of both the Montreal Expos and the Baltimore Orioles during the franchise's tenure in Albany. They played all of their home games...
  
   (1992–1995)
• Augusta Pirates
• Augusta Tourists
• Columbus Indians (1991), later became the Columbus RedStixx
  Columbus RedStixx
  The Columbus RedStixx were a minor league baseball team in Columbus, Georgia. They were a Class A team in the South Atlantic League, and a farm team of the Cleveland Indians.The RedStixx played home games at Golden Park, except during 1996...
  
   (1992–2002)
• Macon Braves became the Rome Braves
  Rome Braves
  The Rome Braves are a Class-A minor league affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. In 2003, the team, previously known as the Macon Braves, moved from Macon, Georgia, to Rome, Georgia, 60 miles northwest of Atlanta....
  
   in 2003
• Macon Peaches
• Macon Pirates
• Macon Redbirds
• Savannah Cardinals (1984–1995) , became the Savannah Sand Gnats
  Savannah Sand Gnats
  The Savannah Sand Gnats are a minor league baseball team in Savannah, Georgia and are a member of the A-level South Atlantic League. Since the 2007 season, the Sand Gnats have been an affiliate of the New York Mets.-History:...
  
   in 1996
• South Georgia Waves
  South Georgia Waves
  The South Georgia Waves was a Low-A class minor league baseball team in Albany, Georgia for one season before relocating to Columbus, Georgia where they operated under the same name for the 2003 season before being rebranded the Columbus Catfish...
  
  , based in Columbus, Georgia
  Columbus, Georgia
  Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...
  
   (2002) and in Albany, Georgia
  Albany, Georgia
  Albany is a city in and the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. It is the principal city of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan area and the southwest part of the state. The population was 77,434 at the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the...
  
   in (2003)-defunct

Global Basketball Association

Global Basketball Association

The Global Basketball Association was a minor league with various franchises in the United States. Teams were located throughout the South and Midwest...

• Albany Sharpshooters (1991–1992)
• SouthGA Blues (1991–1992)

American Basketball League

• Atlanta Glory
  Atlanta Glory
  The Atlanta Glory was a women's professional basketball team in Atlanta, Georgia. It was a member of the American Basketball League. The Glory played its home games in Forbes Arena.The team folded before the start of the abortive third ABL season in 1998....
  
   (1996–1998)

National Hockey League (NHL)

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

• Atlanta Flames
  Atlanta Flames
  The Atlanta Flames were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA from 1972 to 1980. The team, a member of the National Hockey League , was relocated to Calgary, Alberta, Canada for the start of the 1980–81 NHL season and were re-named the Calgary Flames. The NHL returned to the...
  
   (1972–1980) -relocated to Calgary, Alberta, now Calgary Flames
  Calgary Flames
  The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...
  
  
• Atlanta Thrashers
  Atlanta Thrashers
  The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season...
  
   (1999-2011) -relocated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, now Winnipeg Jets

Atlantic Coast Hockey League

Atlantic Coast Hockey League

The Atlantic Coast Hockey League was a minor league hockey organization that operated between 1981 and 1987. The league was founded by Bill Coffey....

• Macon Trax
  Macon Trax
  The Macon Trax were a minor-league professional ice hockey team based in Macon, Georgia. They played in the low minor leagues Atlantic Coast Hockey League , World Hockey Association 2 and Southern Professional Hockey League , playing their home games at the Macon Coliseum...
  
   (moved to WHA2
  World Hockey Association 2
  The World Hockey Association 2 was a minor professional ice hockey league created at the instigation of the organizers of the proposed recreated World Hockey Association to serve as its development league. The WHA2 teams — some of which had played the 2002–03 season in the Atlantic Coast...
  
   for 2003-04)

East Coast Hockey League

• Columbus Cottonmouths
  Columbus Cottonmouths
  The Columbus Cottonmouths are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Georgia. The team is nicknamed the Snakes, and play their home games at the Columbus Civic Center.-Central Hockey League : 1996-2001:...
  
   (2001–2004) moved to Bradenton
  Bradenton, Florida
  Bradenton is a city in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's 2007 population to be 53,471. Bradenton is the largest Principal City of the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2007 estimated population of 682,833...
  
  -Sarasota, Florida
  Sarasota, Florida
  Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. It is south of the Tampa Bay Area and north of Fort Myers...
  
   to play as Gulf Coast Swords
  Gulf Coast Swords
  The Gulf Coast Swords were a planned expansion team of the ECHL. Due to years of delays in the construction of Lakewood Arena in Bradenton, Florida, the ECHL terminated the franchise in September 2006, more than two years after the franchise was supposed to begin play...
  
  , franchise revoked in summer 2006 after construction halted on proposed home arena, now a member of the SPHL
  Southern Professional Hockey League
  The Southern Professional Hockey League is a low-level professional ice hockey league based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with teams located in the southeastern United States.- History :...
  
  
• Macon Whoopee II
  Macon Whoopee
  The Macon Whoopee was the name given to two distinct former ice hockey teams, both of which were located in Macon, Georgia. The teams played their home games at the Macon Coliseum....
  
   played in the CHL
  Central Hockey League
  The Central Hockey League is a mid-level professional hockey league, owned by Global Entertainment Corporation. Its current champions are the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, which defeated the Colorado Eagles four games to three in the 2011 playoffs....
  
   from 1996 to 2001 and the ECHL in 2002.

International Hockey League

• Atlanta Knights (1992–1996), became the Quebec Rafales
  Quebec Rafales
  The Atlanta Knights were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League from 1992 to 1996. The Knights were based in Atlanta, Georgia, and played at the Omni Coliseum. The team became the Quebec Rafales from 1996 to 1998....
  
   (1996–1998)-folded

Southern Hockey League

• Macon Whoopees (1973–1974)

North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...

• Atlanta Chiefs
  Atlanta Chiefs
  The Atlanta Chiefs were a soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia that played in the NPSL and NASL from 1967 to 1972. Their home fields were Atlanta Stadium and Tara Stadium . The club was the brainchild of Dick Cecil, then Vice President of the Atlanta Braves baseball franchise who were the Chiefs'...
  
   (1967–1972), became the Atlanta Apollos in 1973, revived the Chief's name in 1979, then folded in 1981

United Soccer Leagues

United Soccer Leagues

The United Soccer Leagues is the organizer of several soccer leagues with teams in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. It includes men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Leagues currently organized are the USL Pro, the USL Premier Development League, the W-League, and...

• Atlanta Magic
  Atlanta Magic
  The Atlanta Magic were a soccer club that competed in the USISL from 1991 to 1996. The club originally started in 1991/92 in the indoor USISL league. They played in the 1992 USISL outdoor season as the Atlanta Datagraphic Magic, and the 1993 USISL outdoor season as the Atlanta Lasers...
  
  /Atlanta Datagraphic Magic/Atlanta Lasers (Indoor: 1991-1992) (Outdoor: 1993-1996)
• Atlanta Express
  Atlanta Express
  The Atlanta Express was a soccer club based in Atlanta, Georgia that competed in the SISL.Following the 1991 outdoor season, the team became the Gwinnett County Steamers.-Year-by-year:...
  
   (Indoor: 1990/91) (Outdoor: 1991)
• Georgia Steamers (1990–1991), became the Atlanta Quicksilver
  Atlanta Quicksilver
  The Georgia Steamers was a soccer club based in Atlanta, Georgia that competed in the SISL and USISL.Following the 1990/91 indoor season, the team became the Atlanta Quicksilver. For the 1991/92 indoor season, the team was renamed the Atlanta Lightning.-Year-by-year:...
  
   then was renamed the [Atlanta Lightning

See also

• List of defunct Florida sports teams
• List of defunct Mississippi sports teams
• List of defunct Ohio sports teams
• List of defunct Pennsylvania sports teams