Los Angeles Avengers
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The Los Angeles Avengers is an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Los Angeles, California.
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History
The Los Angeles Avengers are based at the Staples Center, also currently home to the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League and the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. The team began play in the 2000 season. The Avengers compete in the Western Division of the American Conference.
The Avengers franchise is owned by Casey Wasserman, grandson of the late MCA head Lew Wasserman.
On April 10th, 2005, Avengers defensive lineman Al Lucas was injured attempting to make a tackle and later died at a nearby hospital. It is the only fatality in the history of the AFL.
The Avengers official mascot is a superhero-like character named TD[1].
Season-by-season
Template:Start NFL SBS |- |2000 || 3 || 11 || 0 || 4th AC Western || -- |- |2001 || 5 || 9 || 0 || 3rd AC Western || -- |- |2002 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 3rd AC Western || Lost Week 1 (Tampa Bay Storm) |- |2003 || 11 || 5 || 0 || 2nd AC Western || Lost Week 2 (Arizona Rattlers) |- |2004 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 3rd AC Western || Lost Week 1 (Arizona Rattlers) |- |2005 || 10 || 6 || 0 || 1st AC Western || Lost Week 1 (Chicago Rush) |- |*2006 || 3 || 9 || 0 || 5th AC Western || -- |} * = Current Standing
Not To Be Forgotten
- Chris Butterfield - OL/DL
- Shannon Culver -WR/LB
- Silas DeMary - OL/DL
- Anthony Derricks - DS
- Chad Dukes - FB/LB
- Mark Estelle - DS
- Lonnie Ford - FB/LB
- Tony Graziani - QB
- Darius Hadley - DS
- Remy Hamilton - K
- Travis Hannah - WR
- Greg Hopkins - WR/LB
- Kevin Ingram - WR/DB
- Chris Jackson - OS
- John Kaleo - QB
- Tony Locke - WR/DB
- Al Lucas - OL/DL Died of a spinal cord injury, while playing
- Brian Mann - QB
- Ricky Sharpe - WR/DB
- Terrence Stubbs - DB
- Damen Wheeler - DS