Seattle Warbirds

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Seattle Warbirds
Founded2001
LeagueWAFL (2001)
Team historySeattle Warbirds (2001)
Based inSeattle, Washington
ColorsGarnet, gold, white

The Seattle Warbirds were a women's professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They were founded by head coach Michael Stuart and general manager Joshua Creel in 2001 in the Women's American Football League.[1]

The Warbirds only played in the 2001 WAFL season, finishing 9–0–1 and winning the Pacific Northwest Division title before losing to the Arizona Caliente in the Pacific Conference semifinals.[2] The next season, most of the players left to form the Tacoma Majestics in the Independent Women's Football League (IWFL).[3] In 2006, the Warbirds merged with Tacoma to become the Seattle Majestics in the IWFL.[4][5]

Ten years later, the Warbirds announced they would return to play in the Women's Football Alliance (WFA) for the 2011 season.[6] However, the team would never play a game in the WFA.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Get ready for pro women's football". The Seattle Times. July 10, 2001.
  2. ^ "Warbirds' success starts with defense". The Seattle Times. January 31, 2002.
  3. ^ "Majestics women's football team provides perfect opportunity". The Seattle Times. July 13, 2007.
  4. ^ "Seattle Majestics' About page". Seattle Majestics. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  5. ^ "Play for free? They'll pay to play". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. June 12, 2008.
  6. ^ "The Seattle Warbird's Womens Football Team is Recruiting! Come Play This Saturday!". BogBit. September 18, 2010.