Chicago Bruisers
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Chicago Bruisers logo
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Chicago Bruisers logo
The Chicago Bruisers were a charter member of the Arena Football League, playing in the four-team "demonstration season" of 1987. They played their home games in the former Rosemont Horizon, now the Allstate Arena. They were an ougrowth of the Chicago Politicians, a team put together by Jim Foster to play an exhibition game to prove the feasibility of the sport the previous year. The team logo depicted a bulldog.
The Bruisers, like the Pittsburgh Gladiators but unlike the other two charter teams, the Denver Dynamite and the Washington Commandos, returned to play in the 1988 season. The team competed in the ArenaBowl that year, losing to the Detroit Drive. The Bruisers would be disbanded after competing in the 1989 season.
Notable Players
- Mike Hold, Quarterback 1987
- Brent Johnson, Offensive/Defensive line 1987-88
- Sean Payton, Quarterback 1987
- Durwood Roquemore, Wide Receiver/Defensive back 1987-88
- Reggie Smith, Wide Receiver/Defensive back 1987-89