Defunct professional American football team based in Birmingham, AL
Birmingham Iron
Established
2018
Folded
2019
Based in
Birmingham, Alabama
Home stadium
Legion Field
Head coach
Tim Lewis
General manager
Joe Pendry
Team president
Trey Brown
League
Alliance of American Football
Division
Eastern Conference (2019)
Colors
Black, silver & white
The Birmingham Iron was a professional American football franchise based in Birmingham, Alabama, and one of the eight members of the Alliance of American Football (AAF), which played eight regular season games from February 2019 to April 2019.[1] They played their home games at Legion Field. The Iron were coached by former National Football League player and coach Tim Lewis. Trey Brown was the executive vice president of football operations and Joe Pendry was the general manager.
On April 2, 2019, the league's football operations were reportedly suspended,[2][3] and on April 4 the league allowed players to leave their contracts to sign with NFL teams.[4] The league filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on April 17, 2019.[5]
^Johnson, Roy S. "Birmingham lands a pro football franchise". al.com. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
^Kercheval, Ben (April 2, 2019). "AAF operations suspended, league's future in doubt after eight games of first season". cbssports.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^"AAF to immediately suspend operations". ESPN. April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^Schwartz, Nick (April 4, 2019). "AAF star Keith Reaser becomes first player to sign NFL deal after league shutdown". USA Today. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
^"AAF files for bankruptcy, officially closes down", USA Today, April 17, 2019, retrieved April 17, 2019{{citation}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
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