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The Detroit Fury were an Arena Football League
Arena Football League

The Arena Football League was founded in 1987 in sports as an American football arena football. The AFL's attendance increased dramatically over its last few years, rising to an average of 12,415 people per game in 2007, and 12,957 per game in 2008, but the increases were accompanied by greatly increased expenses and debt, leading to the can...
 team. The team began play in 2001 and was based in Auburn Hills, Michigan
Auburn Hills, Michigan

Auburn Hills is a city in Oakland County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 19,837 at the United States Census, 2000. The city was formed in 1983 from the now defunct Pontiac Township, Michigan....
, a suburb of Detroit, at the Palace of Auburn Hills, which is also home of the Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills....
 of the National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
 and the Detroit Shock
Detroit Shock

The Detroit Shock is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Detroit, Michigan. They were the 2008 WNBA champions.Debuting in 1998, they were one of the league's first expansion franchises....
 of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association has 13 teams and is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States....
. The team was co-owned by William Davidson
William Davidson

William Morse Davidson, J.D. is an American entrepreneur and professional sports owner and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame....
, along with William Clay Ford, Jr.
William Clay Ford, Jr.

William Clay "Bill" Ford Jr. , is the great-grandson of Henry Ford, and serves as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company....
, son of the owner of the National Football League
National Football League

The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
 Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in downtown Detroit....
. On September 20, 2004, the AFL announced the termination of this franchise, and that its players would be made available to the remaining teams in a dispersal draft
Dispersal draft

A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist....
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The Detroit Fury were an Arena Football League
Arena Football League

The Arena Football League was founded in 1987 in sports as an American football arena football. The AFL's attendance increased dramatically over its last few years, rising to an average of 12,415 people per game in 2007, and 12,957 per game in 2008, but the increases were accompanied by greatly increased expenses and debt, leading to the can...
 team. The team began play in 2001 and was based in Auburn Hills, Michigan
Auburn Hills, Michigan

Auburn Hills is a city in Oakland County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 19,837 at the United States Census, 2000. The city was formed in 1983 from the now defunct Pontiac Township, Michigan....
, a suburb of Detroit, at the Palace of Auburn Hills, which is also home of the Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills....
 of the National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
 and the Detroit Shock
Detroit Shock

The Detroit Shock is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Detroit, Michigan. They were the 2008 WNBA champions.Debuting in 1998, they were one of the league's first expansion franchises....
 of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association has 13 teams and is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States....
. The team was co-owned by William Davidson
William Davidson

William Morse Davidson, J.D. is an American entrepreneur and professional sports owner and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame....
, along with William Clay Ford, Jr.
William Clay Ford, Jr.

William Clay "Bill" Ford Jr. , is the great-grandson of Henry Ford, and serves as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company....
, son of the owner of the National Football League
National Football League

The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
 Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in downtown Detroit....
. On September 20, 2004, the AFL announced the termination of this franchise, and that its players would be made available to the remaining teams in a dispersal draft
Dispersal draft

A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist....
.

Season-by-season

|- |2001 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 3rd AC Central || Lost Week 1 (Arizona Rattlers
Arizona Rattlers

The Arizona Rattlers are an Arena Football League team, based in Phoenix, Arizona, that began play as a 1992 expansion team....
) |- |2002 || 1 || 13 || 0 || 4th AC Central || -- |- |2003 || 8 || 8 || 0 || 2nd NC Eastern || Lost Week 2 (Tampa Bay Storm
Tampa Bay Storm

The Tampa Bay Storm are a member franchise of the Arena Football League. They are also one of the founding members of the league, then known as the Pittsburgh Gladiators....
) |- |2004 || 5 || 11 || 0 || 4th AC Central || -- |- !Totals || 22 || 41 || 0 |colspan="2"| (including playoffs) |}

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