Birmingham Vulcans

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After the 1974 World Football League season the Birmingham Americans were replaced by a new team. The 1975 entry in the WFL was known as the Birmingham Vulcans. and they were the best team in the league with a 9-3 record and the best at the box office until the league folded in midseason. The Americans/Vulcans developed a more considerable following than was typical of most WFL teams. When the league folded, Birmingham, and Memphis, attempted to get admitted into the NFL for the 1976 season, although unlike the similar and more extensive effort in Memphis which involved actual cash deposits toward season tickets it seemed to consist mainly of getting fans to sign a "statement of support" somewhat similar to a petition. When the Memphis effort failed, Vulcans followers were forced to accept the inevitable as well, and efforts to get the team admitted as an NFL franchise were abandoned.