The Hartford Charter Oaks were a professional American football team based in Hartford, Connecticut . They began play in 1964 as a member of the Atlantic Coast Football League , replacing the Ansonia Black Knights . In 1965 the Charter Oaks were one of several ACFL franchises to join the new Continental Football League , where they finished in last place in their division.
19-551: Hartford Charter Oaks ( ACFL / COFL ) 1964–1968 Hartford Knights (ACFL/ SFL ) 1968–1973 Connecticut Crushers ( NWFA / IWFL ) 2001–2010 New England Nightmare ( WFA ) 2010–2012 Hartford S.C. ( ASL ) 1964–1968 Connecticut Yankees (ASL) 1972–1978 Hartford Bicentennials ( NASL ) 1975–1976 Hartford Athletic ( USLC ) 2019–present UConn Huskies ( men's & women's ) ( NCAA ) 2019 AC Connecticut ( USL2 ) 2021–2023 Hartford City FC ( NPSL ) 2022–present Trinity Health Stadium (formerly Dillon Stadium )
38-687: A third side in Met NY Union B-team play, as well as an Old Boys side. The club and Foundation provide outreach at the collegiate and youth levels with coaching and financial support to the Columbia University RFC and to OB hooker and former Eagle Mark Griffin’s Play Rugby youth organization. The Club’s uniforms are solid black, patterned after New Zealand’s national team, the All Blacks. Its home fields are Baker Field, 218th Street and Broadway and Van Cortlandt Park, 252nd Street and Broadway in
57-565: Is a founding member of the elite USA Rugby Super League. Old Blue appeared in the first two Super League Finals ever as its inaugural Eastern Conference champions in 1997 and 1998, both years in which it also played in the USARFU Men’s Clubs Finals – the only club ever to reach both elite men’s Finals in consecutive years. They have qualified for the Super League playoffs every year since 2002. In 2002, 2005 and 2006, they again reached
76-697: Is a multipurpose facility in Hartford, Connecticut . It has been host to concerts and sporting events. It was formerly the home of the New England Nightmare of the Women's Football Alliance (WFA) . It is now the home of USL Championship club Hartford Athletic . The UConn Huskies men's and women's soccer teams played a majority of their 2019 matches at Dillon Stadium after starting their seasons at Al-Marzook Field in West Hartford, Connecticut . Dillon Stadium
95-786: Is now used primarily for high school football teams, including the Bulkeley Bulldogs , the Sport Medical Tigers , the Prince Tech Falcons , and the Capital Prep Trailblazers . Dillon also hosts the annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Game between Hartford Public Owls and the Weaver Beavers . Lights were added in 1964 to accommodate the Oaks. The stadium also hosted occasional club-level college football games hosted by
114-612: The Hartford Knights to replace the Charter Oaks in the market, and by at least one player's account (that of eventual Pro Bowl fullback Marv Hubbard ), the Knights were still known as the Charter Oaks for at least their first season. The Knights would play for the next six seasons, winning the ACFL title in 1968, appearing in but losing the title games every year from 1969 to 1971, and winning
133-681: The Allman Brothers . Their July 31, 1974, performance at the field was released as an album titled Dave's Picks Volume 2 . Hartford Charter Oaks Jerry Fishman , notorious for his unsportsmanlike behavior in the 1964 Maryland-Navy game , played his lone full professional season with the Charter Oaks in 1965. After cancelling a few games in 1967 due to financial difficulty, the Charter Oaks announced they were ceasing operations in March 1968. The team cited losses of approximately $ 250,000. The Atlantic Coast Football League immediately established
152-708: The American Rugby Premiership . The team plays at Columbia Soccer Stadium within the Baker Athletic Complex in New York City , New York . Old Blue is over 50 years old, established in the fall of 1963, by Columbia University Alumni, among them William D Smith, John Wellington, Richard Donelli, Paul Zimmerman and William Campbell , to play winning rugby at the highest level possible. Old Blue started by winning its first 18 matches. The 1st team won 78% of games from 1990 to 2000. The Old Blue RFC
171-461: The Kansas City Blues 40-22 to secure the national championship. Hartford City FC , a projected indoor soccer franchise that also hoped to compete in the outdoor North American Soccer League , announced plans to reconstruct Dillon Stadium to create a 15,000 seat soccer-only stadium for the 2017 season. In 2014, the city awarded a $ 12 million contract to Premier Sports Management to redevelop
190-579: The Seaboard Football League in 1972. This American football team article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports team in Connecticut is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Old Blue R.F.C. Old Blue Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club that competes in USA Rugby club leagues, most notably with their top side in
209-674: The University of Hartford . The Hartford Colonials of the United Football League , in part because of a change of management at Rentschler Field , experienced significant delays in renewing their lease for the 2011 season and had backup plans to relocate to Dillon Stadium (or Willow Brook Park ), although neither venue was believed to be ideal for the UFL. The Colonials did sign a deal with Rentschler in June, but suspended operations on August 10, 2011;
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#1732852045463228-671: The League’s Final Four. The Old Blue RFC D-I side is composed largely of its B and C-side players, with its top tier of players preoccupied with its commitment to the USA Rugby Super League. Old Blue Rugby Football Club’s initial impact forty-five years ago in official ERU league play proved to be an even more auspicious beginning than that of the Columbia College RFC from which it sprang. In the Spring of 1963, on and around
247-932: The University’s Morningside Heights campus in New York City, the CCRFC held a series of meetings that ultimately precipitated the creation, previously often discussed, of a senior club in the Fall of 1963. It was to be separate but affiliated with the College club; and with the creation of the Old Blue RFC, aspiration finally became reality. Old Blue Rugby Football Club competes in matches at various levels of interest, development and rugby skills. The club competes in Men’s D-I Club play. It enjoys this opportunity largely because of
266-573: The amplifiers was cut. Mick Jagger threw his microphone stand out into the crowd, and the Stones then left the venue, as fans began breaking chairs. Police gathered the crowd towards the exits. The Beach Boys performed there in 1972 and again in 1973. On July 16, 1972, the Grateful Dead played in Dillon Stadium and were joined on stage by Dickey Betts , Berry Oakley and Jai Johanny Johanson of
285-578: The enduring support of the Old Blue Rugby Foundation, created and sustained by the devotion, commitment and generosity of the club’s Founders and old boys (“SuperBlues”). Accordingly, the Old Blue RFC and Foundation carry out their mission to advance and set the standard of club rugby in the US . Old Blue is made up of amateur players, coaches and administrators. The Club fields four XVs, including Old Boys (“SuperBlues”). Old Blue also provides matches with
304-682: The league later folded it outright. Trinity Health Stadium has hosted rugby on multiple occasions; including hosting the US men's national team and club nationals. In 1984, the USA Rugby Club National Championship was held at Trinity Health Stadium between Dallas Harlequin and Los Angeles Rugby Club with Dallas coming out victorious with a final score of 31-12. The venue would then host the USA Rugby Club Sevens National Championship Series on August 21 and 23, 1993. Old Blue R.F.C. would defeat
323-547: The redevelopment fund. On February 17, 2018, the State Bond Commission approved $ 10 million in public funding. This would help the Hartford Sports Group establish a USL club in 2019. On June 27, 1966, The Rolling Stones played in Dillon Stadium, supported by The McCoys (with their up-and-coming guitarist, Rick Derringer ). Near the end of the Stones' performance, fans rushed the stage, so electricity to
342-453: The stadium in hopes of attracting a professional soccer team. The company was unable to interest various soccer leagues and instead partnered with an outside investor seeking to build a larger stadium on the site with city funding. However, the city ended the project in October 2015 over financial and legal concerns with the investment group, who were later found guilty of embezzling $ 1 million from
361-665: Was built in 1935. Formerly named Municipal Stadium, it was renamed in 1956 after James H. Dillon, the City's recreation director. Dillon Stadium was the home of two minor league football teams in the 1960s and 70s: the Hartford Charter Oaks of the Atlantic Coast Football League and Continental Football League , owned by the Brewer family, and the Hartford Knights , also of the ACFL and Seaboard Football League . Dillon
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