Hartford Hellions
The Hartford Hellions were a soccer team based out of Hartford, Connecticut that played in the Major Indoor Soccer League. They played from 1979 to 1981. The Hellions played their first season in the New Haven Coliseum before moving to the remodelled Hartford Civic Center. The team was conceived and owned by Glastonbury accountant William Chipman. The two seasons in Hartford the Hellions average 4,361 fans per game.
In May 1981, Athletes in Action purchased the Hellions and moved the team to Memphis, Tennessee. The new owners renamed the Hellions the Memphis Americans.
Coaches
Hubert Vogelslinger - Technical Advisor
Notable Players
Andy Atuegbu
Igor Bachmeier
Mike Bakic
Richard But (1980–81)- Robert Gadocha
Mickey Cave- Howie Charbonneau
- Mickey Cohen
Alfie Conn- Leo Figueiredo
Herve Guilliod (1979–80)- Erich Geyer
- Paul Hammond
- Mike Hewitt
- Peter Kotch (1980–81)
- Hank Liotart
- Dave MacKenzie
Eduardo Marasco- Henry McCully
- Roy Messing
Jose Neto- Thomas Nevers
Yilmaz Orhan- Doug Pollard
- Bob Rohrbach
- Bruce Rudroff
- Mike Stojanovic
- Paul Toomey
- Keith Tozer (1979–81) 48 Apps 9 Goals