Chicago Falcons

Chicago Falcons
	Current season
	Established 2019; Play in Chicago, Illinois; ChicagoFalconfootball.com
	Chicago Falcons logo
	Logo
League/conference affiliations
	GMFL (1990-2015); Royal Ironman Football League (2015-2018) ; Independent (2019-present)
Team colors	black, red, silver and white;
Personnel
Owner(s)	Tom Robinson
Head coach	Tom Robinson
Team history
Championships
	League championships (7); 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2016
	Conference championships (8); 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2016, 2017
	Division championships (12); 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018
Playoff appearances (14)
	1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018
Home arena(s)
	25 Columbus Park (2015 - present)

The Chicago Falcons is the title of two sports franchises: one being an active American Football Association independent professional minor league indoor & outdoor football team, and the other being a defunct American soccer team which won the 1953 National Challenge Cup, both from Chicago, Illinois ^[1].

Minor League Football team

History

The Falcons were founded in April 1990 by American Football Association professional minor league football hall of fame Head Coach Tom Robinson & Armin Covington who had been coaching together for over 30 years at Orr High School ^[2]. On September 30, 2013, the Chicago Falcons Inc. became established as a non profit organization. As of 2018, the Falcons remain one of the longest tenured active franchises across all professional minor league football leagues. The Falcons were originally incorporated as part of the GMFL which disbanded in 2015, and then established themselves as an independent franchise by joining the Midwest Fall Football League in 2016, which still competes to this day ^[3]. After a few years of losing seasons, the Falcons made it to the Championship game in their fifth season in 1994, in which they lost. The Falcons then proceeded to win their first title in 1996, back-to-back titles in 1998, 1999, 2002, again in 2003 and 2009 as part of the GMFL, and most recently in 2016 as members of the MFFL.

Rivalries

The Falcons compete in both indoor and outdoor football leagues, and share numerous rivalries with in-state and out of state minor league & semi-pro franchises such as the West Michigan Ironmen, Racine Raiders, Midway Marauders, and the Southern Lakes Blue Devils. ^[4].

Honors

1996 GMFL Champions
1998 GMFL Champions
1999 GMFL Champions
2002 GMFL Champions
2003 GMFL Champions
2008 GMFL Runner-Ups
2009 GMFL Champions
2010 GMFL Windy City Division Champions (7-4)
2011 GMFL Skyway Division Champions (9-2)
2012 GMFL Western Division Runner Ups (8-3)
2013 GMFL Northern Division Runner Ups (9-2)
2016 Midwest Fall Football League (MFFL) Champions
2018 Mid-States Conference Championship Runner Ups

Notable Players

AFA Minor League Football Hall of Fame Inductees

Tom Robinson - Class of 2003 ^[5] ^[6]
Leon Burch - Class of 2012 ^[7] ^[8]
Larry Johnson - Class of 2016 ^[9]^[10]
Earnest Williams - Class of 2017 ^[11]^[12]
Joel Pruneda - Class of 2018 ^[13] ^[14]

Falcons Hall of Fame Inductees

2018 - Coach Armin Covington - Assistant Head Coach ^[15]
2018 - Anthony Clay - #6 - Strong Safety / Linebacker ^[16]
2018 - Richard Cauley - #36 - Defensive Line / Fullback ^[17]
2018 - Darrell Baines - #47 - Fullback / Defensive Line ^[18]
2018 - Andre Poelintez - #88 - Defensive End ^[19] *2018 - Angel Matos - #33 - Fullback ^[20]
2018 - Runder T. Smith - #63 - Defensive Line ^[21] *2018 - Joseph Scott Williams - #54 - Linebacker ^[22]
2018 - David J. Nelson - #22 - Wide Receiver ^[23] *2018 - Nate Wilson - #55 - Linebacker / Quarterback ^[24]
2018 - Lynn Baines - Support Staff ^[25]
2018 - Prentis "PJ" Jones - #90 - Defensive End ^[26]
2017 - Eric Williams - #99 - Defensive End ^[27] *2017 - Willie Thompson - #19 - Wide Receiver ^[28] *2017 - Horace Page - #17 - Free Safety ^[29]
2017 - Bryant Norfleet - #5 - Fullback ^[30]
2017 - Geoffery Heard - #35 - Running Back ^[31] *2017 - Otis Dunson - #81 - Wide Receiver ^[32] *2017 - David Doby - #41 - Defensive Back ^[33] *2016 - Michael Whitney - #70 - Defensive / Offensive Line ^[34]
2016 - Joel Pruneda - #91 - Defensive Line ^[35] *2016 - Steve Perkins - #21 - Defensive Back ^[36] *2016 - Keith Melton - #41 - Linebacker ^[37]
2016 - Jerome McClain - #74 - Offensive / Defensive Line ^[38]
2016 - James Marable - #7 - Defensive Back ^[39] *2016 - Diane Childress-Johnson - Team Trainer ^[40] *2016 - Marvin "Woody" Jackson - #82 - Wide Receiver ^[41]
2016 - Glendon Goss - #12 - Quarterback ^[42]
2016 - Gentri Gale - #19 - Quarterback ^[43]
2016 - Terry Carter - #27 - Defensive Back ^[44] *2015 - Chester Williams - #77 - Center ^[45]
2015 - Mose Oliver - #13 - Linebacker ^[46]
2015 - Michael Norfleet - #6 - Defensive Line ^[47] *2015 - Lance "CoCo" Martin - #40 - Linebacker ^[48] *2015 - George Johnson - #32 - Running Back ^[49] *2015 - Emmanual Johnson - #37 - Athlete ^[50]
2015 - Loyd Jones-Fuqua - #89 - Defensive End ^[51] *2015 - George Annang - #99 - Defensive End ^[52] *2014 - Earnest Williams - #19 - Athlete ^[53]
2014 - Larry Johnson - #66 - Offensive Line ^[54] *2014 - Leon Burch - #95 - Defensive End ^[55]
2014 - Will Annang - #62 - Center ^[56]

Soccer team

The Falcons won promotion to the NSL Major Division from the NSL First Division in 1952, the year they won the first of their two Peel Cup titles. In their first season in the Major Division, they finished second to the Ukrainian Lions. They also won their second consecutive Peel Cup in 1953^[69]

Honors

National Challenge Cup **Winners (1): 1953
Peel Cup **Winners (2): 1952, 1953

References

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Chicago Falcons

Contents

Minor League Football team

History

Rivalries

Honors

Notable Players

AFA Minor League Football Hall of Fame Inductees

Falcons Hall of Fame Inductees

Other Notable Players

Soccer team

Honors

References

External Links

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