Defunct Professional Teams
Defunct football teams
- New Orleans Breakers (1984) - USFL
- Shreveport Pirates (1994–95) - CFL
- Louisiana Bayou Beast (1998–99, 2001) - PIFL / IPFL / NIFL
- New Orleans Thunder (1999) - Regional Football League
- Shreveport-Bossier Southern Knights (1999) - Regional Football League
- Rapides Rangers (2000) - IPFL
- Shreveport-Bossier Bombers (2000) - IPFL
- Baton Rouge Blaze (2001) - af2
- Lafayette Roughnecks (2001) - af2
- Louisiana Rangers (2001–2002) - NIFL
- Lake Charles Land Sharks (2002–2004) - NIFL
- Houma Bayou Bucks (2002–2005) - NIFL
- SW Louisiana Swashbucklers (2005) - NIFL
- Shreveport Steamer (1974–1975) - WFL
Other defunct professional teams
- Houma Hawks
- Baton Rouge Bombers (1997–1998) - EISL
- Baton Rouge River Bats
- Baton Rouge Kingfish (1996–2003) - ECHL
- Lafayette Swampcats (1997–1998) - EISL
- Louisiana IceGators (1995–2005) - ECHL
- Monroe Moccasins (1997–2001) - WPHL
- New Orleans Black Pelicans - Negro league baseball
- New Orleans Brass (1997–2002) - ECHL
- New Orleans Creoles - Negro league baseball
- New Orleans Pelicans (1887–1959) - Minor league baseball
Other defunct sports leagues
- Eastern Indoor Soccer League (EISL) (1997–1998)
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Famous quotes containing the words defunct, professional and/or teams:
“The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“The relationship between mother and professional has not been a partnership in which both work together on behalf of the child, in which the expert helps the mother achieve her own goals for her child. Instead, professionals often behave as if they alone are advocates for the child; as if they are the guardians of the child’s needs; as if the mother left to her own devices will surely damage the child and only the professional can rescue him.”
—Elaine Heffner (20th century)
“A sturdy lad from New Hampshire or Vermont who in turn tries all the professions, who teams it, farms it, peddles, keeps a school, preaches, edits a newspaper, goes to Congress, buys a township, and so forth, in successive years, and always like a cat falls on his feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He walks abreast with his days and feels no shame in not “studying a profession,” for he does not postpone his life, but lives already.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)