Memphis Hound Dogs

Memphis Hound Dogs

For the professional basketball team, click on Memphis Houn'Dawgs

The Memphis Hound Dogs were a proposed NFL team in the mid-1990s. William Dunavant, Paul Tudor Jones, Fred Smith and Elvis Presley Enterprises were the members of the potential ownership group.

In 1993, the NFL invited potential owners from four finalists to make a presentation; after which two teams would be selected as expansion teams. Along with representatives from the Jacksonville Jaguars, Carolina Panthers, Baltimore Bombers and St. Louis Stallions, the potential franchise owners gave a presentation to NFL owners in hopes of attracting an NFL Team.[1] Carolina and Jacksonville were chosen to become expansion teams and started in 1995.

After the NFL bid failed, Smith continued his desire to form a football team and contacted the Canadian Football League, then expanding into the United States, who gave him an expansion franchise that would be known as the similarly named Memphis Mad Dogs (the name change is presumably due to Presley's estate not being involved in the franchise). The Mad Dogs played one year in the CFL, but after weeks of declining attendance, the Mad Dogs folded (along with the rest of the American CFL franchises).

All five of the proposed expansion cities would get NFL teams by 1997 through expansion or moved franchises; however, Memphis's was only temporary, as they hosted the Tennessee Oilers for only one year while Nashville worked out stadium issues. Yet Memphis would not be without a professional sports team for long, as the Vancouver Grizzles of the NBA would relocate there to become the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001, who have remained there since.

References

  1. ^ Williams (October 26, 1993). "NFL derby: South poised for expansion 5 cities cross fingers, hold breath, pray as big day arrives". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution (Atlanta, GA): p. A1. 

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