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Hartford KnightsAmerican, 1968 - 1973

The Hartford Knights were a professional minor league football team based in Hartford, Connecticut. They were founded in 1968 as a member of the Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL) replacing the Hartford Charter Oaks (1964-1968).

In 1969, the Hartford Knights became the affiliate for the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League. The Knights won the Atlantic Coast Football League title in 1968. After the ACFL ceased operations in 1970, the Knights joined the Seaboard Football League. The Knights won the Seaboard Football League title in 1972. In 1973, the Knights joined the re-formed ACFL for a final year.

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Gift of Greg D. Tranter, 2022.40.7, Connecticut Historical Society
Spalding Sporting Goods
1970
Hartford Knights
20th century
Gift in memory of Dewey Post, Sr., 2014.101.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain
Hartford Knights
early 1970s
Hartford Knights Football Team
Hartford Knights
1972
Gift of Greg D. Tranter, 2022.40.61, Connecticut Historical Society, In Copyright
Hartford Knights
11 September 1970