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1998 Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record
1998 NHL's Minnesota franchise selects the nickname Wild 1996 NFL and Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Baltimore but he had to leave the Browns' name behind 1995 Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1995 Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise 1995 Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise 1994 Toronto NBA franchise unveils name "Raptors" and logo 1993 NFL announces 30th franchise - Jacksonville Jaguars 1993 Sacramento Gold Miners admitted as CFL's 9th franchise (1st U.S. team) 1992 Atlanta Braves win franchise record 98th game (old record 95 in 1957) 1992 CFL revokes BC Lions franchise 1990 Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise 1990 Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF 1982 New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders and Americans 1976 AL approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M 1974 NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks 1974 NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers 1973 World Football League grants 1st franchise (Detroit) 1973 Indianapolis is awarded a WHA franchise 1971 Long Island NHL franchise purchased (New York Islanders) 1968 NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise 1968 "Royals" chosen as the name of new Kansas City AL franchise 1967 Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle) 1967 Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams 1967 AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals 1967 NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints" 1966 NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for 1967-68 season 1966 NFL awards New Orleans its 16th franchise (All Saints Day) 1965 AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins) 1965 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc applies for a NL franchise 1965 NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise 1964 Indians' directors vote to keep franchise in Cleveland, rejecting bids by Seattle, Oakland and Dallas 1960 AL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels 1960 New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada 1959 Continental League awards its last franchise to Dallas-Ft. Worth 1959 Clark Griffith of Senators says team will not move the franchise 1959 Honolulu seeks a franchise in Continental League 1957 Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for San Francisco Seals-franchises only, not the players 1957 New York Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to San Francisco in 1958 1954 A's defeats Yankees 8-6 in last game franchise will play in Philadelphia 1953 Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee 1937 Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise 1931 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League 1924 1st U.S. NHL franchise, Boston Bruins founded 1922 Curly Lambeau and Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise 1922 J. E. Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL 1921 J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise 1903 2 NYers buy Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 and moved it to NY 1903 Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase AL Baltimore franchise for $18,000 and move it to New York City (Yankees) 1902 Orioles forfeit to St. Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL 1899 Ill Tel and Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system 1876 California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise |
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