Los Angeles Avengers
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| Los Angeles Avengers | ||
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| Conference | American | |
| Division | Western | |
| Year founded | 2000 | |
| Home arena | Staples Center | |
| City, State | Los Angeles, California | |
| Wild card titles | 3: 2002, 2003, 2004 |
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| Division titles | 1: 2005 |
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| Conference titles | none | |
| ArenaBowl championships | none | |
The Los Angeles Avengers is an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Los Angeles, California and they began play as a 2000 expansion team.
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[edit] History
The Los Angeles Avengers are based at the Staples Center, also currently home to the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League and the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association, and the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association. The team began play in the 2000 season. The Avengers compete in the Western Division of the American Conference. Since its inception in 2000, the Avengers have competed in postseason play four times. The Avengers won the American Conference Wild Card berth in 2002, 2003, and 2004, and won the American Conference Western Division Championship in 2005.
The Avengers franchise is owned by Casey Wasserman, grandson of the late MCA head Lew Wasserman.
On April 10th, 2005, Avengers defensive lineman Al Lucas was injured attempting to make a tackle and later died at a nearby hospital. It is the only fatality in the history of the AFL.
The Avengers official mascot is a superhero-like character named TD[1].
[edit] Season-by-season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff Results |
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| 2000 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4th AC Western | -- |
| 2001 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3rd AC Western | -- |
| 2002 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3rd AC Western | Lost Week 1 (Tampa Bay Storm) |
| 2003 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2nd AC Western | Lost Week 2 (Arizona Rattlers) |
| 2004 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3rd AC Western | Lost Week 1 (Arizona Rattlers) |
| 2005 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1st AC Western | Lost Week 1 (Chicago Rush) |
| 2006 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 5th AC Western | -- |
| 2007 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Totals | 51 | 59 | 0 | (including playoffs) | |
[edit] Not To Be Forgotten
- Chris Butterfield - OL/DL
- Shannon Culver -WR/LB
- Sonny Cumbie - QB
- Silas DeMary - OL/DL
- Anthony Derricks - DS
- Chad Dukes - FB/LB
- Mark Estelle - DS
- Lonnie Ford - FB/LB
- Tony Graziani - QB
- Darius Hadley - DS
- Remy Hamilton - K
- Travis Hannah - WR
- Greg Hopkins - WR/LB
- Kevin Ingram - WR/DB
- Chris Jackson - OS
- John Kaleo - QB
- Tony Locke - WR/DB
- Al Lucas - OL/DL Died of a spinal cord injury, while playing
- Brian Mann - QB
- Ricky Sharpe - WR/DB
- Terrence Stubbs - DB
- Damen Wheeler - DS
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| American Conference | National Conference | ||
| Central Division Chicago Rush |
Western Division Arizona Rattlers |
Eastern Division Columbus Destroyers |
Southern Division Austin Wranglers |
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