Lime Green, Royal Blue, Light Blue, Yellow, White[1]
Franchise record
Regular Season: 13–7 Postseason: 1–1
The Orlando Thunder was a member of the World League of American Football from 1991 to 1992 (known as NFL Europe from 1995 onwards). The team played their games in the 70,000 seat Florida Citrus Bowl, and was coached by Don Matthews in 1991 and Galen Hall in 1992. The team's most visible point was their colors – the League wanted to develop new colors which hadn't been used for teams before, hence the vermilion and green that the Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks wore, and the fluorescent green jerseys that the Thunder sported.
The team's general managers were Lee Corso and Dick Beam. In 1991 the team played to a 5–5 record, and in 1992 the team had an outstanding 8–2 record, and made it to the World Bowl II championship game before losing to the Sacramento Surge 21–17. The Thunder's attendance figures fell from over 19,000 per game in its first year to just over 16,000 per game in 1992. The team folded after the 1992 season with the rest of the WLAF's North American operations. The league would later use the team's name (but not its colors or history) for the Berlin Thunder.
Notable players include Kerwin Bell and Scott Mitchell, a left-handed quarterback who went on to play in the NFL for the Miami Dolphins and Detroit Lions and Dan Sileo, who went on to become a famous sports talk radio host.
In 2006, readers of ESPN's Uni Watch column voted the team's jersey 2nd worst football jersey of all-time.[2]
^"Team Colors – WLAF". SSUR.org. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
^"ESPN.com: Page 2 : The ugliest ducklings in sports". www.espn.com.
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the head coach of the University of Florida, the OrlandoThunder, the Rhein Fire, and the XFL's Orlando Rage. He most recently served as the offensive coordinator...
and Orlando. On April 18, 1990, Birmingham became the second city in the United States officially awarded a franchise after the OrlandoThunder to compete...
UCLA, who would become the team's franchise player. The Thunder participated in the Orlando Pro Summer League featuring their second-year players, potential...
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wins, three losses and one tie (7–3–1) and with a loss against the OrlandoThunder in the WLAF semifinals as a wild card. After a preseason loss to London...
defensive back. He played for the Chicago Bears in 1988 and for the OrlandoThunder in 1992. "Todd Krumm Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved...
ran from May 30 until June 6, when the Sacramento Surge defeated the OrlandoThunder 21–17 in World Bowl '92 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
chance to start with the OrlandoThunder of the World League of American Football and threw for 2,214 yards, and was the Thunder's backup quarterback in...
Edmonton Eskimos, and Montreal Alouettes. He was also head coach of the OrlandoThunder of the World League of American Football in 1991. After coaching the...
existence at the Tangerine Bowl. The USFL's Orlando Renegades played one season in 1985. The OrlandoThunder of the WLAF called the Citrus Bowl home in...
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Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), as well as the OrlandoThunder of the World League of American Football (WLAF), the Las Vegas Sting...
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Machine 20–5 Birmingham Fire Sunday, March 24 New York/New Jersey Knights 7–19 Barcelona Dragons Monday, March 25 San Antonio Riders 34–35 OrlandoThunder...
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