He was part of the San Antonio Riders of the WLAF in 1992 before playing with the Arena league's Cleveland Thunderbolts later that year and again in 1993.
The elastic cuffs have been cut off both sleeves.
There is some cracking on the front number mostly concentrated on the bottom. Pringle would go on to a Hall of Fame career, becoming the leagues’ all time leading rusher. At Florida State he was recognized by Football News as a second team All-American in his senior season in 1992. He’d be selected in the 10th round of the 1989 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns and then later spent time on the rosters of the Minnesota Vikings (1989) and Pittsburgh Steelers (1990).
The following week the Texans travelled to Baltimore for the South Division final against the division champion Baltimore Stallions. He played both seasons of the Gold Miners existence. The Gold Miners were the first American team to play in the CFL. Well-travelled Willie Fears began his pro career by playing 3 games for the Cincinnati Bengals in 1987, perhaps as a replacement player during the NFL strike. Pringle’s best season was an amazing 2,065 yards rushing on 347 carries in 1998. His statistics that season were 17 receptions for 205 yards in 12 games. But they were the first American team to compete and win as a league member. Ninety-Nine Yards launched in 2018 and covers all aspects of the American football. That season, he appeared in 13 games and caught 39 passes for 617 yards in his only CFL season. In 1995, he signed with the Shreveport Pirates but played only 6 games, catching 8 passes. He played just one season in the CFL with the second-year Sacramento Gold Miners in 1994. In 40 career CFL games, Wallace picked off 8 passes. The jersey has the correct CFL neck logo and the numbers are screen printed on.
It has spandex side panels and shows decent game wear with plenty of hit marks and one team repair.
Fears would close out his career in the Arena league, spending 1996 with the Tampa Bay Storm and 1997 with the Nashville Kats.
For many the Gold Miners were a continuation of the Surge as some of the personnel of the WLAF franchise moved into the CFL. His father, Jack Kemp, was a star with the Buffalo Bills before becoming a Congressman and running with Bob Dole on the Republican ticket in the 1996 US election. This page was last modified on 31 October 2015, at 13:58. He was released and selected the following year by the Ohio Glory in the 3rd round (23rd overall) of the WLAF Draft. The jersey was obtained from Ebay in 2010. The stadium was also uncovered, and offered no protection from Sacramento's often oppressive summer heat (the CFL season runs from the summer through the fall so it can end before the harsh Canadian winters set in).
The sleeves still have the traditional cut while the sleeveless lineman jerseys first appeared in the 1994 Starter sets. The jersey has the CFL neck logo and the numbers are screen printed on. The Gold Miners also entered the CFL record books by recording the most wins by an expansion team with 6 wins (the record was broken the follow year by the Baltimore Stallions). This Starter jersey size 52 was worn by Fears in 1994. The Sacramento Gold Miners were a Canadian football team based in Sacramento, California. The team played its home games at Hornet Stadium. This Starter jersey size 46 was worn by Wallace in 1994 when he played 12 games in his second year with the Gold Miners, intercepting 3 passes and returning one for a score.
He spent 1996 and 1997 in Saskatchewan and totalled 105 receptions there. Your email address will not be published.
Gone But Not Forgotten: Ranking the defunct CFL teams - Ninety-Nine Yards: American Football. In May 1993, he agreed to terms with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats but was let go prior to playing a game. He still managed to complete 210 of 390 passes covering 3,340 yards and 21 TD’s however. As it was, the Gold Miners finished one point behind the 10-8 Saskatchewan Roughriders for the last playoff spot in the West. Faced with an unsustainable travel situation and the lack of a stadium that was suitable even for temporary use, Anderson moved the team to San Antonio as the Texans for the 1995 CFL season. But the record was only good enough for fifth place in the tough West Division. He caught 90 passes for 1,379 yards and 7 majors in 1993 and followed that up with another excellent year for the Gold Miners in 1994, catching 86 passes for 1,280 yards and 10 TDs. Stevenson did not suit up for a regular season game for the Alouettes. There are no team repairs. Home Teams Players Coaches Drafts Awards Leaders Contact.
The jersey has heavy game wear but only a couple of team repairs. At the time, it was made up mostly of temporary-style bleacher seats. There was some talent on that 1993 Gold Miners team. Becoming the first American team to host a CFL game, against the, Becoming the first American team to record a win in the CFL, against the.
Notify me of follow-up comments by email. This time Archer completed 61% of his passes for 4,471 yards for 30 TD’s against only 8 picks. Strangely, the arms, which are made of rubberized printing, are in great shape. When the US teams folded after the 1995 season, Stevenson signed as a free agent with the Ottawa Rough Riders and appeared in 15 games for them in 1996. This Starter jersey size 48 was worn by tackle/end Joelson in 1994 when he played 16 games in his second year with the Gold Miners, recording 28 total tackles and a sack. The Texans still struggled with attendance. The American Football League also played one game in Canada against a CFL team in 1961, with CFL's Hamilton defeating AFL's Buffalo, 38–21. Harris was also selected as a member of the 1993 CFL All-Star Team, which showed signs that the team had a good mix of players and staff to improve on for the following season. Hargain was not involved. They would have their best season as a CFL franchise recording a 12-6 year. In their second season, the Gold Miners were no longer the lone American team as the CFL introduced three new teams: the Las Vegas Posse, the Shreveport Pirates and the Baltimore Stallions (who were known as the CFLers when the NFL did not allow the Colts name to be used). The Sacramento Gold Miners were built from the former World League of American Football (WLAF) franchise, the Sacramento Surge. This distance was partially lessened when the CFL added the Posse for the 1994 season, but that team's collapse after only one season left the Gold Miners once again far isolated from even their American competitors (the only other American teams, Shreveport and Baltimore, were 1,900 and 2,700 miles away, respectively). Sacramento’s 1993 average attendance of 16,979 fans per game was the lowest in the 9-team CFL however and that was a worry. Competition from the San Francisco 49ers hurt attendance once the NFL season started. Other examples from this year that I have seen or owned had significant cracking and fading, but this one does not. In 1997, he signed as a free agent with Edmonton where he played two years. He carried the ball only 60 times for 368 yards, but caught the ball 56 times for 523 yards. That team that had posted an 11-9 record, finishing 1992 8-2 and going on to win the 1992 World Bowl. Harris began his CFL career with the expansion Sacramento Gold Miners in 1993. Harris wore these Ripon size 34 short pants during his tenure with the Gold Miners. Tony Hargain was a two-sport star (basketball) at Oregon before being drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 8th round (221st overall) of the 1991 NFL Draft.
That year he went 403 of 701 for 6,023 yards & 35 touchdowns. (A game the lost 38-36 to the Calgary Stampeders on the 17th July 1993). One number cannot be made out while there is a teal number 44 that has been scribbled out with black marker. One notable team administrator was Jack Youngblood, who was the Gold Miners' Director of Marketing in 1993 and 1994, which was a similar post he held with the Surge in 1991 and 1992. The team played its home games at Hornet Stadium. They had to market themselves, receiving no assistance from the CFL. They had been a charter member of the WLAF. The Rough Riders folded after the 1996 season and Stevenson was selected by the Montreal Alouettes in the dispersal draft on March 12, 1997 in the 4th round (29th overall). But his first came with the 15 win team 1995 Baltimore Stallions. Robert Turner had a brief career in the CFL with the Sacramento Gold Miners, suiting up for 9 games with the club in 1994. It exhibits light wear with a couple impact marks. Learn how your comment data is processed. In their first season, the Sacramento Gold Miners entered the CFL history books by: It is sometimes stated that the Gold Miners were the first American team to play against a Canadian team and to play on Canadian soil when they were the guests of the Ottawa Rough Riders (losing 32–23) on July 7. The jersey has heavy game wear and two team repairs, including a 3 inch long one on the left shoulder right under the Starter logo. Anderson and Baltimore Stallions owner Jim Speros were considered the only truly dedicated US CFL owners. Built out of the World Bowl champion Surge, owner Fred Anderson kept the same team colours. After the US teams folded, he was selected in the 3rd round (27th overall) of the dispersal draft by the Montreal Alouettes. He won in 2002 & 2003 with the Montreal Alouettes. In 1993, as we have noted, the Gold Miners became the first US based franchise in CFL history. A game played in Canada, at the home of the Montreal Machine. Mike Oliphant led the CFL in yards from scrimmage (1,572) that year.
An interest generated by the US teams – and the Sacramento Gold Miners were the first among them. There are many marks and rips all over the shoulders of this jersey and it has been washed so many times that the screened on areas are cracking and fading badly. Also of interest is that according to the Los Angeles Police Department, a former associate of Hargain’s at Oregon (Sammie Archer III) assumed his identity while attempting to consign a stolen Picasso painting to Christy’s Auction House in Beverly Hills before getting busted. As with the team, it took Stephenson some time to adapt to the Canadian game, but he was eventually successful.
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