Orange Tornadoes

July 27, 1929 - Orange/Newark Tornadoes franchise joins the NFL and is a League member from 1929 through the 1930 season. The team was the remnants of the Duluth Eskimos franchise which was sold and transferred to Orange and then one year later to Newark. According to the American Football Fandom the franchise existed in some form or fashion from 1887 to 1971. Their history besides being in the National Football League from 1929 to 1930 was that they were members of the American Association from 1936 to 1941, the Atlantic Coast Football League from 1963 to 1964, the Continental Football League from 1965 to 1969 and back to the ACFL for the 1970 to 1971 seasons before disbanding.

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