The Alabama Hawks were a professional American football team based in Huntsville, Alabama . They were members of various minor league football circuits in the 1960s: the Southern Football League (1963–64); the North American Football League (1965–66), the Professional Football League of America (1967), and finally the Continental Football League during the league's last two years (1968–1969). While in the CoFL, the Hawks played in the Eastern Division of the Atlantic Conference. During the 1968 season, the team was also known as the Huntsville Hawks.
6-846: In 1967, in the PFLA's last year of operation, the Hawks won the Western Division with a 9–3 record and hosted the league's championship game at Milton Frank Stadium , losing 31–20 to the Joliet Chargers. The Hawks served as an "unofficial" minor league affiliate of the Atlanta Falcons . On August 2, 1969, the Falcons came to Huntsville to play an exhibition game against the Hawks at Milton Frank Stadium ; playing mostly rookies, Atlanta easily beat Alabama, 55–0. The contest marked
12-610: A record by scoring ten touchdowns in a single game—went on to coach high school football in the area and, later, the semi-pro Rocket City Titans of the Gridiron Developmental Football League . This American football team article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports team in Alabama is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Milton Frank Stadium Milton Frank Stadium
18-515: Is a 12,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Huntsville, Alabama . It was used for Alabama A&M football games before the creation of Louis Crews Stadium . It is currently used mainly for Huntsville City Schools high school and middle school football and soccer games and track meets. Construction began in 1949 and the stadium was opened in 1962 as Huntsville Stadium . It was soon renamed Milton Frank Stadium in honor of Milton Frank,
24-589: The long-time football coach and athletic director of Huntsville High School and chairman of Huntsville City School Board of Education. In the 1990s, the grass field was replaced with artificial turf and a new track replaced the original asphalt track. Milton Frank Stadium was the home of the Alabama Hawks of the Continental Football League during the team's two years of affiliation with that league in 1968–1969. Since 2008,
30-618: The only time an NFL squad played a Continental League team. (In 1972, the New York Jets rookies would play the minor league Long Island Chiefs and in 1974, the Houston Oilers rookies would play the minor league San Antonio Toros) The Hawks sent several notable players on to the NFL including Jeff Van Note , Chip Myers , Glen Condren , and Art Strahan , uncle of Michael Strahan . Hawks running back Billy "Tootie" Hill—who set
36-565: The stadium has been the home field for the Tennessee Valley Tigers , a women's American football team currently in the Women's Spring Football League . John Stanley Welzyn was the public address announcer during high school games at the stadium from 1964 until retiring in 1996. During his tenure, Welzyn also announced Alabama Hawks pro football and Alabama A&M Bulldogs college football games. Welzyn died in 1999 at
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