List of defunct Ohio sports teams

This is a list of former sports teams from the US state of Ohio:

Baseball

Major League Baseball

Frontier League

  • Ohio Valley Redcoats (2005 split season between Marietta, Lorain and Lafayette, Indiana. Original Ohio Valley team from 1993 to 1998 was based in Parkersburg, West Virginia) [1]
  • Canton Crocodiles (1997–2001, sold to group from Washington, Pennsylvania and are now the Washington Wild Things) [2]
  • Canton Coyotes (2002) [3]
  • Newark Buffalos/Bison (1994–1995) [4]
  • Chillicothe Paints (1994–2008, team name is used as wood-bat league collegiate team) [5]
  • Portsmouth Explorers (1993–1995) [6]
  • Zanesville Greys (1993–1996, moved to Canton for 1997 season) [7]
  • Lancaster Scouts (1993–1995) [8]

Negro National League

Negro National League (1933–1948)

  • Cleveland Red Sox

National Colored Base Ball League

  • Cincinnati Browns

Negro American League

American Association (20th Century)

American Association

Union Association

Players' League

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players

International Association

Basketball

National Basketball Association

World Basketball League

International Basketball Association

  • Youngstown Hawks (1999–2000) (franchise was moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada during the 1999–2000 campaign)

American Basketball League

Continental Basketball Association

International Basketball League

International Basketball League (1998–2001)

  • Cincinnati Stuff

National Basketball League

American Basketball League

American Basketball League (1961–1963)

Women's National Basketball Association

Women's Professional Basketball League

  • Dayton Rockettes

American Basketball League

Football

National Football League

Arena Football League

National Indoor Football League

Continental Football League

  • Akron Vulcans

Continental Indoor Football League

Eastern Indoor Football League

  • Mahoning Valley HitMen
  • Northeast Ohio Panthers

Pre-NFL Teams

World League of American Football

Hockey

National Hockey League

All-American Hockey League

  • Dayton Jets (1985–87), (formed from the Findlay Warriors. Would eventually merge to form the Miami Valley Sabres in 1987)
  • Miami Valley Sabres (1987–89), (ceased operations after the league folded in the summer of 1989)
  • Troy Sabres (1982–87), (merged with the Dayton Jets to form the Miami Valley Sabres in 1987)

American Hockey League

Central Hockey League

ECHL

International Hockey League

United Hockey League/Colonial Hockey League

World Hockey Association

North Eastern Hockey League

Continental Elite Hockey League

  • Toledo Wolf Pack (defunct)
  • Daytona Gems (defunct)
  • Toledo Ice Diggers (defunct)

International Independent Hockey League

  • Ohio Valley Ice Cats (defunct)

Federal Hockey League

  • Mentor Ice Breakers[9]

Soccer

Major Indoor Soccer League

United States Interregional Soccer League

USL League Two

Known as the Premier Development League before 2019.

  • Columbus Shooting Stars

American Soccer League

North American Soccer League

National Professional Soccer League

Softball

Men's Professional Softball Leagues

National Pro Fastpitch

Tennis

World TeamTennis

  • Cleveland Nets (moved to New Orleans, Louisiana and became the New Orleans Nets for the rest of the team's existence)

Ultimate Disc

American Ultimate Disc League

  • Columbus Cranes (2012) [10]

See also

References

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