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	Baltimore Ravens Football
		The blue and white Baltimore Colts played at Memorial Stadium from 1953 to 1983, with famous coaches like Don Shula from 1963 to 1969, two time winner of the Coach of the Year award, and Ted Marchibroda from 1975 to 1979, Coach of the Year Award in 1975.
		Sticking with the name the Baltimore Colts, Baltimore was eventually sued by the NFL over the name and were known, for a short time, as the Baltimore CFL's before becoming the Baltimore Stallions.
		The Stallions were short lived in Baltimore, however, with the Cleveland Browns NFL expansion team moving to Baltimore and the Stallions moving to Canada to become the Montreal Alouettes.
	www.baltimore.org /baltimore_ravens.htm (912 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Indianapolis Colts
		The Indianapolis Colts are a National Football League team based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
		Formerly known as: Baltimore Colts, 1953 to 1984.
		Meanwhile, there was another team called the Baltimore Colts who played one season in the NFL 1950.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/in/Indianapolis_Colts (276 words)

	History of the Baltimore Colts
		The original Colts were founded in 1947, when the owners of the Miami Seahawks gave up their AAFC franchise after a disastrous 3-11 season that saw the team lose badly on the field and at the gate.
		Baltimore scored a club-record 428 points and led the NFL in both scoring offense and defense, but they were upset by Cleveland 27-0 in the NFL championship game.
		Baltimore's only blemish in the 1968 regular season was a 30-20 loss to the Browns on October 20, but after mauling Minnesota 24-14 in a first round playoff game, the Colts got their revenge on the Browns by routing them 34-0 in the NFL championship game.
	members.tripod.com /~bonesaw/Baltimore.htm (0 words)

	ESPN.com: NFL - Greatest teams: 1958 Baltimore Colts
		Baltimore Colts quarterback John Unitas threw for a league-best 19 touchdowns in 1958.
		Tidbit: Although the Colts of the late 1950s are known primarily for Unitas and their offense, their defense was very good as well.
		In 1959, the Colts intercepted 11.4 percent of their opponents' passes; the second-best team was 7.7 percent and the league average was 6.0.
	espn.go.com /nfl/s/epstein/colts.html (0 words)

	Nasty feelings linger in Baltimore as Colts return for playoff matchup - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Former Baltimore Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas, shown in December 2000 on the sidelines before a Ravens game in Baltimore, was named "The Greatest Quarterback of All Time" by the NFL on its 50th anniversary in 1969.
		BALTIMORE — From the moment one walks underneath the giant blue horseshoes and into the expansive Baltimore Colts exhibit wing of the Sports Legends at Camden Yards Museum, it's as if the infamous I-word never existed.
		Baltimore Colts fullback Alan Ameche plunges through a big hole in the New York Giants' line to score the winning touchdown in an overtime period at Yankee Stadium on Dec. 28, 1958.
	usatoday.com /sports/football/nfl/2007-01-11-baltimore-colts_x.htm?... (0 words)

	It was a priceless experience - The Boston Globe
		He was 6 when the Colts whipped the Giants in the famous 1958 NFL Championship game that many people say was the turning point in NFL history.
		By the time the Colts relocated, it was 1984, and he was deep into his NFL career.
		He had gone from the Colts to the Lions to the Broncos and then to the Giants, where he was a linebackers coach on his way to being the defensive coordinator.
	www.boston.com /sports/football/patriots/articles/2007/01/19/it_was_a_priceless_experience/?page=full (917 words)

	Baltimore Colts (1953-1983)
		The Colts are forced to go to an unproven back up after QB George Shaw was lost to injury after the 4th game of the season with Colts sitting at 1-3.
		The Colts march to a 4th straight AFC East Title was over before it began as QB Bert Jones was injured and the Colts lost their first 2 games by a combined 80-0 score.
		Many Colt legends were angered by the move including legendary QB Johnny Unitas who refused to acknowledge the franchise for the rest of his life.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nfl/balticolts/baltcolts.html (3735 words)

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		BALTIMORE - Tom Matte won a Super Bowl wearing the blue and white uniform of the Baltimore Colts.
		Baltimore went 12 years without an NFL team until the Ravens were born from the transplanted Cleveland Browns.
		The Colts have since played the Ravens three times in Baltimore (losing twice), but never have the stakes been as high as they will be tomorrow, when Indianapolis returns for a second-round playoff game.
	www.toledoblade.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20070112&Category=SPORTS09&ArtNo=701120383&SectionCat=&Template=printart (782 words)

	Memorial Stadium
		Situated at 33rd and Ellerslie in the middle of Baltimore, this stadium is famous for it's tailgate parties and high volume fans who supported a hard hitting team.
		The Baltimore Colts beat the Dallas Cowboys 16-13 on January 17, 1971 in Super Bowl V in Miami.
		Baltimore kicked off into the closed end, and they stopped the Steeler return man at their own 15 yard line which prompted the crowd to make even more noise.
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	Baltimore Colts
		There have been two unrelated American football teams called the Baltimore Colts based in Baltimore, Maryland.
		The first Colts team started in the All America Football Conference in 1946 as the Miami Seahawks.
		A different Colts team joined the NFL in 1953.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Baltimore_Colts.html (72 words)

	Baltimore Colts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The original Baltimore Colts of the All American Football Conference (1946-49) wore silver helmets with a green center stripe until the franchise folded after its first season as a new member of the NFL in late 1950.
		The defunct Dallas Texans (formerly NY Yanks) were moved to Baltimore in 1953.
		A dark blue helmet with a white center stripe and team logos (matching white horseshoes located on the backside of the helmet) was introduced in 1954 and used again in 1955.
	www.helmethut.com /Colts56.html (0 words)

	AP Wire \| 01/11/2007 \| Still bitter, Baltimore braces for Colts' return (Site not responding. Last check: )
		BALTIMORE - Tom Matte won a Super Bowl wearing the blue and white uniform of the Baltimore Colts.
		Baltimore went 12 years without an NFL team until the Ravens were born from the transplanted Cleveland Browns.
		The Colts have since played the Ravens three times in Baltimore (losing twice), but never have the stakes been as high as they will be Saturday, when Indianapolis returns for a second-round playoff game.
	www.fortwayne.com /mld/fortwayne/16438331.htm (0 words)

	Indianapolis Colts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By virtue of their league-worst record in 1982, Baltimore landed the first pick overall in the 1983 NFL Draft, using it to select John Elway, who immediately balked at the prospect of playing for the Colts and threatened to play professional baseball instead (Elway was a prospect for the New York Yankees).
		The move triggered a flurry of legal activity that ended when representatives of Baltimore and the Colts organization reached a settlement on March 1986 in which all lawsuits regarding the relocation would be dismissed, and the Colts would endorse a new NFL team for Baltimore.
		The Colts wore blue pants with their white jerseys for the first three games of the 1995 season, but they were discarded and the team returned to white pants with both the blue and white jerseys.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baltimore_Colts (0 words)

	DenverPost.com - Colts defeat Baltimore 15-6
		Although unspectacular, Colts quarterback Peyton Manning was efficient enough to make up for some of his previous playoff failures and keep alive his hope of playing in the Super Bowl for the first time.
		Baltimore fans were looking forward to this game since the Colts advanced with a 23-8 win over Kansas City last week.
		Baltimore halved the deficit with a 40-yard field goal early in the second quarter.
	www.denverpost.com /sports/ci_5009584 (0 words)

	Sun archives: Art Donovan -- baltimoresun.com
		Baltimore Colts defensive tackle Art Donovan poses for a photograph in 1958.
		Before he was a Hall of Fame defensive tackle for the Baltimore Colts, before he was a late-night wisecracker on television talk shows, before he was Fatso, Art Donovan was something else.
		Art Donovan, the colorful and vociferous former Baltimore Colts defensive lineman and their first Hall of Famer, was hospitalized last night after suffering chest pains while dining at a Jacksonville, Baltimore County, restaurant.
	www.baltimoresun.com /sports/football/bal-artdonovan,0,1114377.storygallery?coll=bal-sports-horse (510 words)

	Scout.com: Where Are They Now? Indianapolis, Baltimore Colts
		(Baltimore Sun, 5/01) As of October, 2002 it was noted that Ray is now the offensive coordinator for the Indiana Tornadoes, a minor league football team.
		Lives in Colts Neck, NJ with his wife and is a representative for various construction companies.
		In 1961, Lipscomb reportedly died in an apartment in the 400 block of N. Brice Street in Baltimore, MD from an overdose of heroin.
	colts.scout.com /3/WhereAreTheyNow.html (3246 words)

	No ravin' for Colts - The Boston Globe
		Francis said he was a Colts season ticket-holder from 1957 until team owner Robert Irsay sneaked the team out of Baltimore in the middle of the night in 1984.
		Baltimore is still Unitastown, and for most people, that horseshoe on the helmet is really a capital U. There's the bigger-than-life Unitas statue in Unitas Plaza outside MandT Bank Stadium, where the Ravens will host the returning Colts in a divisional playoff game Saturday.
		Colt Hall of Fame halfback Lenny Moore says he was mistreated by the Indianapolis Colts as well.
	www.boston.com /sports/articles/2007/01/10/no_ravin_for_colts/?page=full (1726 words)

	Hero of Colts faithful, going strong at 82, reflects on career, life in Baltimore - Examiner.com
		They were re-incarnated in 1953, and when the Colts won the 1958 and 1959 titles, Donovan and guard Art Spinney were only holdovers from the 1950 squad on the roster.
		The theory is that blue-collar Baltimore of the 1950s fell in love with Artie’s crew because they represented the average hard-working breadwinner, who reveled in the fact that the Colts were world champions in 1958 and 1959.
		Bagli, also the co-author of ‘Sundays at 2:00 with the Baltimore Colts,’ insists there was a special bond between the players like Artie and the city.
	www.examiner.com /printa-345614~Hero_of_Colts_faithful,_going_strong_at_82,_reflects_on_career,_life_in_Baltimore.html (1704 words)

	Colts Leave Baltimore Fans Broken-Hearted...again - NFL
		But, still, the Colts left Baltimore fans broken- hearted, angry and sad for a second time after their 15-6 playoff victory over the new football team in town on Saturday night.
		It was supposed to be the night Baltimore football fans got their ultimate revenge for the Colts' disappearing act nearly 23 years ago.
		The Colts had played the Ravens in Baltimore three times since leaving the city and posted one win in that time, but this was the playoffs, and Baltimore fans wanted nothing more than to see the Colts slink out of town again -- this time with their once-promising season at an end.
	www.wbaltv.com /nfl/10763403/detail.html (0 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Don Shula
		On March 26, 1953, he was traded to the Baltimore Colts in what was, at that time, the largest NFL player trade ever made, involving 15 players.
		After Ewbank left the Baltimore Colts to coach the New York Jets in 1963, Shula was hired by Colts' owner Carroll Rosenbloom to coach Baltimore.
		Shula was hired as an assistant coach for the Detroit Lions in 1960 and in 1963 became head coach for the Colts.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Don-Shula (5497 words)

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		The Colts played defense as if Bubba Smith were still at end, Mike Curtis at middle linebacker and Rick Volk at safety, whipping the Chiefs, 23-8, to earn a trip to the AFC semifinals against, ironically, Baltimore.
		The Colts marched into the Kansas City end four times in the opening 30 minutes and could only convert those chances into three field goals and a 9-0 halftime lead.
		The Colts finally mounted their first touchdown drive, marching 89 yards in 12 plays for a 6-yard scoring run by Joseph Addai.
	www.wwltv.com /sharedcontent/dws/spt/columnists/rgosselin/stories/010707dnspogosselin.31ee4b8.html (690 words)

	Stadiums of the NFL-Memorial Stadium-Baltimore Colts/Ravens
		Baltimore's first professional football team, the Colts of the AFC were established in 1947.
		The city succeeded and the Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles.
		The Baltimore Colts played their inaugural first game at Memorial Stadium on September 27, 1953.
	www.stadiumsofnfl.com /past/MemorialStadium.htm (0 words)

	Baltimore Colts Mania! (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Another famous Colts player is linebacker Mike Curtis who made a key interception in Super Bowl V and once leveled a fan who wandered onto the field.
		The colts were NFL champions in 1958, 1959, 1969, and 1971.
		Yes, they did lose Super Bowl III in 1969 to the Jets, but the Colts were the NFL champs as the merger had yet to occur.
	members.aol.com /rich953908/colts.html (2084 words)

	Colts legend honors memory of his son by helping others \| Chicago Tribune
		The father is Lenny Moore, the Baltimore Colts Hall of Famer, for whom the words carry meaning.
		Several dozen of the old Colts will be on hand, plus a handful of Hall of Fame opponents who live in the area.
		In the last two decades, each Colts reunion has seemed the gathering of a generation -- of ballplayers, of fans, of people who remember when professional athletes tended to stay in one place.
	www.chicagotribune.com /news/local/bal-lennymoore042203,0,324216.column?coll=chi-news-hed (936 words)

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		In Super Bowl III, the Baltimore Colts were upset by the confident Joe Namath and the New York Jets.
		The Colts were poised to return to the big game and capture their first Super Bowl title and they did just that in Super Bowl V against the Cowboys.
		Baltimore Colts 1970 poly-knit white Johnny Unitas jersey tackle twill # 19
	www.mitchellandness.com /detail.aspx?ID=1881 (189 words)

	Save their Baltimore Colts - Sports Scope - USATODAY.com
		Tony Lombardi is a Baltimore native, a football fanatic and a Colts fan on a mission.
		As a college intern he worked in the Baltimore Colts PR department and with the NFL spotters during the 1982 and 1983 seasons recording third-down efficiency, time of possession and scoring drives.
		For example, Johnny Unitas is listed as a Baltimore Colt throughout the shrine in Canton.
	blogs.usatoday.com /sportsscope/2007/03/save_their_balt.html (475 words)

	Some people need lesson in history of real Colts - The Advocate (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With the Colts trailing the Green Bay Packers by three points and driving for a touchdown when Tom Matte fumbled the ball into the arms of a waiting Herb Adderley.
		The team's record was 9-3-1 to the Packers 10-2-1, and the Colts needed a miracle to beat the Los Angeles Rams while hoping the then-dreadful San Francisco 49ers beat or tied the Packers in the regular-season finale for both teams.
		Colts halfback Tom Matte had to be pressed into service as a quarterback.
	www.stamfordadvocate.com /features/bal-md.kane10xjan10,0,3853950.column?coll=scn-newsnation-headlines (929 words)

	Colts never more (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It’s been almost a quarter of a century since the Baltimore Colts loaded the Mayflower vans on a dark, snowy night in March 1984 and moved to Indianapolis, abandoning their blue-collar fans and neighborhood ballpark for an antiseptic dome.
		Baltimore went 12 years without an NFL team until the Ravens replaced the Colts in 1996 when the city built a glistening new downtown stadium that enticed Art Modell to move another tradition-rich franchise, the Cleveland Browns.
		Colts owner Jim Irsay, who was 24 when his father, Robert, moved the franchise, hopes time has healed some of the wounds.
	www.kansascity.com /mld/kansascity/sports/16450636.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp (813 words)

	NFL.com - NFL Insider (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A tribute to former Baltimore Colts QB Johnny Unitas.
		The Baltimore Colts liked to say they acquired Johnny Unitas for 80 cents, the price of a phone call from Baltimore to Pittsburgh.
		He also directed the Colts to three NFL championships, including Super Bowl V. He retired with 40,239 passing yards and 290 touchdown passes.
	www.nfl.com /insider/story/5706744 (546 words)

	City’s football fanaticism? Old Colt faithful started it all - Examiner.com
		BALTIMORE (Map, News) - Bill Gattus stands outside the Patterson Bowling Center yesterday and declares his sentiments concerning this weekend’s encounter between the Baltimore Ravens and some team from Indianapolis.
		He wore a Baltimore Colts helmet down on the football sidelines.
		And it’s 23 years since the Colts left, but the bar Gattus used to own on Northpoint Road is still there, and it still has the big Colts horseshoe out front.
	www.examiner.com /a-502548~City_s_football_fanaticism___Old_Colt_faithful_started_it_all.html (667 words)

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