Founded | 1937 |
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Folded | 1950 |
Based in | Wilmington, Delaware |
League | Independent (1937–1938, 1942) American Association (1939–1941, 1946–1949) |
Division | Southern (1939)
None (1940–1941) Western (1946–1947) None (1948–1949) |
Team history | Wilmington Clippers (1937–1942, 1946–1949) |
Head coaches | Dutch Slagle (1937) Walt Masters (1938–1940) George Veneroso (1941–1942, 1947–1948) Les Dodson (1946) Doug Turley (1949) Larry Weldon (1949) |
Owner(s) | Lammot du Pont Jr. (1937–1949) |
Other League Championship wins | AA (1941) |
Home field(s) | Wilmington Park |
The Wilmington Clippers were a professional American football team that played from 1937 to 1942, and from 1946 to 1949. They played in the American Association from 1939 to 1941, later returning for the 1946 to 1949 seasons when the league was known as the American Football League.[1] They were located in Wilmington, Delaware. The Clippers played as an independent team from 1937 to 1938, and in 1942.