Fort Wayne Fusion

History

The franchise was announced in November, 2006 as an expansion team of the af2. Jeremy Golden was announced as the team's owner and general manager, and secured a lease with Allen County War Memorial Coliseum for home games. The team also announced that Arena Football League legend, Eddie Brown, would be the team first head coach. In January, the team named Mike McCaffrey as the team's General Manager to handle day-to-day operations for the Fusion. In February, the team announced the team colors would be Burnt Orange, Regal Purple and Pearl White. With the team struggling to find a quarterback through their exhibition games, the Fusion traded for Cody Hodges of the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz. The Fusion played their first game in the af2 on March 31, 2007, against the Green Bay Blizzard, who were the then-defending American Conference champions. In July, 2007, the news surfaced that Owner Jeremy Golden had been removed as the owner of the Fusion by af2 Commissioner, Jerry Kurz. The Fusion finished the season 5–11, but with the loss of Golden during the season, the Fusion playing again in 2008 was very remote. In October, the city learned that Kurz had determined that the Fusion would not return in 2008.

2007 schedule

The Fort Wayne Fusion's schedule for the 2007 season is as follows: (Home Games in bold)

Season-by-season

|- |2007 || 5 || 11 || 0 || 4th AC Midwest || -- |}

Final roster

Coaches of note

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2007 af2 season.

Coaching staff

References

References

1. (December 10, 2006). "Fusion select Select-A-Seat Night". OurSports Central.
2. (January 11, 2007). "Fort Wayne Fusion name McCaffrey GM". OurSports Central.
3. (February 20, 2007). "Fort Wayne Fusion unveil new logos". OurSports Central.
4. (March 26, 2007). "Fusion Trades for QB". OurSports Central.
5. (March 31, 2007). "The Fusion Gets It Done!!". OurSports Central.
6. Stacy Clardie. (July 18, 2007). "af2 cuts tie with Fusion lead owner". Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.
7. Stay Clardie. (July 27, 2007). "Fusion loss caps wild year". Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.
8. Stacy Clardie. (August 24, 2007). "City arena football future is still clouded in mystery". Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.
9. Stacy Clardie. (October 5, 2007). "Death knell for Fort Wayne Fusion?". Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.
10. (February 21, 2007). "Fusion partners with Summit City Radio Group". OurSports Central.