Reply With QuoteHis team in the 50s and 60s was EP Enterprises, I think.
And he attended two Memphis Grizzlies games in 1975.
Does anyone here know any more information about Elvis and American Football?
Didn't he set up a team in Memphis? What year was it? Thats where the E.P E.N.T jersey in the trophy room is from and I also remember a photo of the team.
What happened to the team? How much did Elvis invest? Where did they play? Who was on the team? What position did Elvis play? Why did they stop?
And it was the Browns he supported right?
Don't have any books with me at the moment and someone asked me about last night and I was hazy on the facts!
The Sun Never Sets On A Legend...
His team in the 50s and 60s was EP Enterprises, I think.
And he attended two Memphis Grizzlies games in 1975.
Getlo - cute'n'cuddly
Getlo, I believe they were called the Memphis Southmen of the World Football League, the league only lasted two seasons, 1974, 1975.Originally Posted by Getlo
No, different leagues.
Getlo - cute'n'cuddly
In the brief incidental interview with the radio announcer Harold Johnson at one of those games in August 1975, Elvis clearly refers to them as the Southmen.
And in discussing that recording Mr. Johnson tells us, "Well, I arrived to broadcast from The Memphis Liberty Bowl Stadium on a game between The Memphis Southmen and the Charlotte Hornets." (elvis.com.au)
He probably also called them by name on the recording but I mainly recall Elvis' words.
...you won't forget me when I go.
it's memphis Southmen , That league fold in 1976
http://www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/wfl.htm, Here You see All Teams Helmets and Names
Tom
Last edited by poormansgold; 04-02-2008 at 06:53 AM.
Take a look at you and me,,Are we too blind to see, Do we Simply turn our heads and look the other way.....(Line From "in The Ghetto")
You misunderstand me.
Elvis may very well have attended a Southmen game or two. But he did attend two Grizzlies games in '75 (August (?) as I recall, the first two games).
The Southmen and Grizzlies were, indeed, two different leagues.
Early on, Elvis' favourite team was supposedly the Cleveland Browns.
Getlo - cute'n'cuddly
They Was be to Call Grizzlies, start Of Season, They change names to southmen,
Tom
I'm not fight you on this, You have to Check in it more
Tom
Ah!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Southmen
Who am I thinking of then?
Getlo - cute'n'cuddly
read this getlo
Memphis Southmen
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The Memphis Southmen was a franchise in the World Football League which operated in 1974 and 1975. They played their home games at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
The team was originally slated to be based in Toronto, Canada with the nickname of the Northmen. However, when Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announced that no U.S.-based professional football league would be allowed in Canada in competition with the Canadian Football League under the Canadian Football Act, a change in venue and nickname was announced. From the beginning, Memphians disliked the official nickname and the team was informally and perhaps better-known as the Memphis Grizzlies, which were not connected to the current National Basketball Association team of that name now based in Memphis. This name appeared to come from the logo, which appeared to be a representation of a bear backed by the sun.
The "Grizzlies" were owned by John F. Bassett, who later was to become far better-known as the owner of the United States Football League Tampa Bay Bandits. He apparently had more resources than most of the other WFL team owners. Bassett gave the league instant credibility by signing three stars from the National Football League's Miami Dolphins: running backs Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick, and wide receiver Paul Warfield for the 1975 season.
Even without the Miami Trio, the Southmen of 1974 found two durable, talented running backs in J.J. Jennings and John Harvey. Its opener, against Detroit, drew 30,122. Of the most famous was Elvis Presley, the King of Rock n' Roll and a professed football nut. Elvis and many other Memphians watched the WFL club finish with the best record in the league, at 17-3. Unfortunately, they lost in the semi-finals to a hungrier and poorer team in the Orlando-based Florida Blazers, 18-15.
Csonka, Kiick, and Warfield finally donned Memphis orange. But even the three stars couldn't save the league, which folded during the middle of its second season. The 1975 version finished at 7-4. In their last WFL game, the Southmen were shut out by Birmingham, 21-0.
The team was unwilling to give up easily, however, and announced an effort to get accepted into the National Football League. Over 40,000 deposits for season tickets were collected in this effort, which even included a telethon on a Memphis television station, during December 1975. To their dismay, the NFL refused to accept the team, however, and it went out of existence. Still, there were fans that wouldn't quit: a lawsuit, Mid-South Grizzlies v. NFL, intended to force the league to accept the Grizzlies, was brought and was not settled until 1984.
By the league They are call southmen, To Memphians they call them Grizzlies, what you think no one is wrong on this, ok
I been watching footbll for 37 years now.
Tom
Yeah, it's kinda funny...the Memphis Grizzlies are a current NBA team and the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA were around until a couple years ago (now we have the New Orleans Hornets and the Charlotte Bobcats).
EDIT: If you haven't heard the recording of that brief exchange with Elvis and the announcer that I mentioned earlier, I just found a nice presentation of it with most of the audio from it on http://www.elvispresleyscrapbook.co.uk/downloads.htm
Last edited by Lonniebealestreet; 04-02-2008 at 07:58 AM. Reason: added link
...you won't forget me when I go.
Thank you for the link, but I'm having a stroke of "Oldtimer's disease" right now, what does, 706 Union Ave refer to?
Just pretend, I'm holding you, and whispering things soft and low.
And think of me, how it's gonna be and just pretend I didn't go
Thanks, for the link Bobby! I enjoyed it!
franny
You're welcome, franny.
And Lisa, that would be Sun Studio.
...you won't forget me when I go.
I think i heard one time Elvis was a fan of the Kanas city Chiefs but i'll write Larry Geller he a e-mail friend of mine maybe he knows.
TCB
Dennis
i know He was Fan Of Los Angeles Rams One time .
Tom
The only team I can ever remember hearing Elvis refer to being a fan of was the Cleveland Browns.
TCB!
Mike
R.I.P. Tommy
We will miss you dearest friend
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