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History of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers : ウィキペディア英語版 | History of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
This article details the history of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers American football franchise. ==Origins== Expansion of the National Football League to twenty-eight teams was an agreed part of the AFL/NFL merger of 1970 and confirmed at the end of that season,〔“Rozelle Says N.F.L. Will Add Six Clubs for Total of 32 in Coming Decade; SEATTLE, PHOENIX AMONG PROSPECTS” in ''The New York Times''; January 2, 1971〕 but attempts to carry it out did not materialise until after the 1973 season, when it was announced that Tampa would be the first city to get an expansion franchise,〔“Owner: Franchise for Tampa”; in ''St. Petersburg Times; April 24, 1974; p. 1C〕 at a cost of US$ 16,000,000 (which even then was considered a “paltry” sum.〔“Dream Over for Loudd”; in ''The Boston Globe''; December 29, 1974; p. 72〕 Part of the reason for the delay was due to uncertainties in a few of the newly integrated teams' stadiums; both the Buffalo Bills and Boston Patriots had stadiums inadequate for the NFL, and Tampa interests unsuccessfully courted both teams to move to the Tampa Bay area.〔No byline (March 12, 1970). (Pros in Tampa? ) ''The Evening Independent''. Retrieved from Google Newspapers May 8, 2014.〕 Once Rich and Schaefer Stadiums were built for the Bills and Patriots respectively, the league was stable enough to begin expanding. Originally the proposed Tampa Bay expansion franchise was awarded to Tom McCloskey, a construction company owner from Philadelphia.〔“Out-of-Towner Picked to Own Tampa Team”; in〕 McCloskey quickly became dissatisfied with the financial arrangement with the NFL, and backed out of the deal a month later.〔Mizell, Hubert. "Economics drive McCloskey out". St. Petersburg Times. 6 December 1974〕 Hugh Culverhouse, a wealthy tax attorney from Jacksonville, who had failed in his bid to buy the Los Angeles Rams due to an unannounced sale to Robert Irsay, instead received the Tampa franchise.〔“Tampa Owner Happy Fellow”; in ''The Evening News''; December 6, 1974; p. 98〕 A name-the-team contest resulted in the name “Buccaneers,” a reference to the pirates who frequented Florida’s Gulf coast during the seventeenth century,〔Donovan, Michael Leo. ''Yankees to Fighting Irish: What’s Behind Your Favorite Team’s Name''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. p.55〕 and which was almost immediately shortened to the familiar “Bucs”. The team’s first home was Tampa Stadium, which had recently been expanded to seat just over 72,000 fans.
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