Birmingham Bulls (WHA)

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defunct ice hockey team professional ice hockey team

The Birmingham Bulls (WHA) were a professional ice hockey team based in Birmingham, Alabama that competed in the World Hockey Association during the late 1970s.

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Label Occurrences
Birmingham Bulls (CHL) 2
Birmingham Bulls (SPHL) 1
Birmingham Bulls (WHA) canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct ice hockey team ⓘ
professional ice hockey team ⓘ
abbreviation BIR ⓘ
cityPopulationContext smallest market in the WHA at the time ⓘ
competitionLevel major professional ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
didNotJoin National Hockey League ⓘ
disbanded 1979 ⓘ
division WHA Eastern Division ⓘ
eliminatedBy Winnipeg Jets (WHA) ⓘ
era late 1970s ⓘ
firstSeasonInWHA 1976–77 ⓘ
foundedAs Toronto Toros ⓘ
generalManager John Bassett ⓘ
headCoach Glen Sonmor ⓘ
John Brophy ⓘ
homeArena Birmingham, Alabama Civic Center ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex
homeCity Birmingham ⓘ
homeState Alabama ⓘ
lastSeasonInWHA 1978–79 ⓘ
league World Hockey Association ⓘ
location Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
madePlayoffs 1977–78 ⓘ
nickname Baby Bulls ⓘ
notableFor signing many underage junior players ⓘ
notablePlayer Craig Hartsburg ⓘ
Frank Mahovlich ⓘ
Mark Napier ⓘ
Michel Goulet ⓘ
Pat Riggin ⓘ
Paul Henderson ⓘ
Rob Ramage ⓘ
notSelectedIn 1979 NHL–WHA merger ⓘ
owner John Bassett ⓘ
playoffRound 1978 WHA quarterfinals ⓘ
previousLocation Toronto ⓘ
surface form: Toronto, Ontario
relocatedFrom Toronto Toros ⓘ
relocationYear 1976 ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successorTeamNameUsedBy Birmingham Bulls (WHA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham Bulls (CHL)

Birmingham Bulls (WHA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham Bulls (SPHL)
teamColors blue ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Richard Nurse → playedFor → Birmingham Bulls (WHA) ⓘ
Birmingham Bulls (WHA) → successorTeamNameUsedBy → Birmingham Bulls (WHA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Birmingham Bulls (CHL)
Birmingham Bulls (WHA) → successorTeamNameUsedBy → Birmingham Bulls (WHA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Birmingham Bulls (SPHL)
Mark Wells → playedFor → Birmingham Bulls (WHA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Birmingham Bulls (CHL)