The Quad City Steamwheelers were a professional arena football team. They were a charter member of the af2 and played their home games at i wireless Center in Moline, Illinois.
The team was founded on September 1, 1999 when the Quad Cities was awarded an arena football franchise. Managing owner (and inventor of arena football) Jim Foster coined the team's nickname.
In December 2009, it was confirmed that the Steamwheelers had ceased operations, opting not to join the new Arena Football League after the bankruptcy of the Arena Football League and subsequent disbanding of af2.
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