Louisville Colonels (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Louisville Colonels has been the name of several sports teams:
- Louisville ColonelsLouisville ColonelsThe Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891, first as the Louisville Eclipse and later as the Louisville Colonels , the latter name derived from the historic Kentucky colonels...
, a Major League Baseball team in the American Association and National League from 1882-1899 - Louisville Colonels (minor league baseball), a minor league baseball team from 1901-1962 and 1968-1972
- Louisville Colonels (NFL), the name by which the Louisville (NFL)Louisville (NFL)Louisville, Kentucky had two professional American football teams in the National Football League: the Breckenridges from 1921 to 1923 and the Colonels in 1926. The NFL intended for the Brecks to be a traveling team, however the team played a series of "home" games...
American football franchise was known in 1926 - Louisville Colonels (PBLA)Louisville Colonels (PBLA)Louisville Colonels were a team in the Professional Basketball League of America, and the first professional basketball team to play in Louisville, Kentucky....
, a Professional Basketball League of America team during the 1947-48 season