Akron Vulcans

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The Akron Vulcans were a professional football team from Akron, Ohio. The team played in the Continental Football League for part of the 1967 season. The league existed from 1965 to 1969, and its principal goal was to serve as a minor league to the National Football League and the American Football League.

The Akron Vulcans actually played only four games in the Continental Football League, one game versus the Miami Dolphins,. The team won one game and lost the other three before disbanding due to financial difficulties. Doak Walker and Lou Rymkus each served as the Vulcans’ coach during the squad’s brief existence.

The financial difficulties faced by the Akron Vulcans consisted of the team's owner looting the equipment and selling it to friends and family just hours before a raid by Akron, State and Federal officers.