The Tulsa Tornados were a professional soccer team from Tulsa, Oklahoma. They played for one season (1985) in the USL

United Soccer League

The United Soccer League was a professional soccer league in the United States in the mid-1980s.After the demise of the second incarnation of the American Soccer League in 1983, four ASL teams founded the USL...

. The 1985 season only lasted six games as the league folded halfway through.

Established by David Fraser during the spring of 1985, the team's ownership transferred to a group led by Jimbo Elrod

Jimbo Elrod

James Whittington Elrod is a former American football linebacker who was an All-American at the University of Oklahoma and played professionally for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Oilers of the National Football League.Elrod graduated from East Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in...

 and Sammie Jo Cole after Fraser failed to pay the players during the pre-season USL Cup. Brian Harvey

Brian Harvey

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 had originally coached the team, but resigned after the team's financial weaknesses became apparent. John Dolinsky

John Dolinsky

John Dolinsky is a retired German-American soccer player who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League, United Soccer League and American Indoor Soccer Association. He also coached in the American Indoor Soccer Association where he was the 1989 Coach of the...

 then coached the team for its last few games.

1985 Roster

Delroy Allen

Delroy Allen

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 5 Apps 0 Goals Däniel Johansson

Daniel Johansson

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 6 Apps 3 Goals Zequinha

Zequinha

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4 Apps 1 Goal