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| Founded | 1946 |
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| Folded | 1947 |
| Based in | Miami, Florida |
| League | All-America Football Conference (1946) |
| Division | Eastern Division |
| Team history | Miami Seahawks (1946) |
| Team colors | Orange, White, Green[1] |
| Head coaches | Jack Meagher (games 1–6) Hamp Pool (games 7–14) |
| General managers | Jack Espey[2] |
| Owner(s) | Harvey Hester |
| AAFC Championship wins | 0 |
| Home field(s) | Burdine Stadium |
The Miami Seahawks were a professional American football team based in Miami, Florida. They played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in the league's inaugural season, 1946, before the team was relocated to Baltimore. They are notable as the first major league sports franchise in Miami.
The Seahawks were coached initially by Jack Meagher and then by Hamp Pool. The team faced a difficult schedule filled with many early road games, and finished the 14-game regular season at 3–11, last in the AAFC. The franchise, which by that time had accrued $350,000 in debt, was seized by the AAFC after the end of the season after its owner was declared bankrupt, and its assets were purchased by a group of entrepreneurs who reorganized it as the original incarnation of the Baltimore Colts.
Florida did not have another professional football team for 20 years, until the (fourth) American Football League (founded in 1960) added the Miami Dolphins in 1966, while the Seahawks name would be revived when the National Football League added the Seattle Seahawks in 1976 after a public vote of possible names. Neither of these teams are considered to be related to the Miami AAFC team.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Whittlesey, Merrell (December 22, 1946). "'Golden Touch' Espey Meets With Ironic Failure in Miami". Evening Star. Retrieved May 16, 2023.