Birmingham Bulls

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professional ice hockey team

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

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Label Occurrences
Birmingham Bulls canonical 6
Birmingham Bulls (ice hockey) 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf professional ice hockey team ⓘ
basedInMetropolitanArea Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham metropolitan area
cityMarket non-traditional southern U.S. hockey market ⓘ
competitionLevel major professional ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
didNotJoin National Hockey League merger in 1979 ⓘ
dissolved 1979 ⓘ
era late 1970s ⓘ
fateAfterWHA franchise folded after WHA–NHL merger ⓘ
franchiseLineage Toronto Toros ⓘ
surface form: Toronto Toros–Birmingham Bulls WHA franchise
governingBody World Hockey Association organization ⓘ
headCoach Glen Sonmor ⓘ
John Brophy ⓘ
homeArena Birmingham, Alabama Civic Center ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center
homeGamesPlayedAt Birmingham, Alabama Civic Center ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum
inception 1976 ⓘ
league World Hockey Association ⓘ
location Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
nickname Baby Bulls ⓘ
notableFor being one of the last WHA franchises before NHL merger ⓘ
signing very young players to professional contracts ⓘ
notablePlayer Craig Hartsburg ⓘ
Frank Mahovlich ⓘ
Mark Napier ⓘ
Michel Goulet ⓘ
Pat Riggin ⓘ
Paul Henderson ⓘ
Rick Vaive ⓘ
Rob Ramage ⓘ
owner John Bassett ⓘ
surface form: John F. Bassett
participatedIn WHA playoffs 1977 ⓘ
WHA playoffs 1978 ⓘ
playedInLeague WHA 1976–77 season ⓘ
WHA 1977–78 season ⓘ
WHA 1978–79 season ⓘ
predecessor Toronto Toros ⓘ
reasonForNickname young roster with many teenage players ⓘ
region Alabama ⓘ
relocatedFrom Toronto ⓘ
surface form: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
shortName Bulls ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
teamColors black ⓘ
gold ⓘ
white ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Hockey Association → notableTeam → Birmingham Bulls ⓘ
Václav Nedomanský → memberOfSportsTeam → Birmingham Bulls ⓘ
Toronto Toros → relocatedTo → Birmingham Bulls ⓘ
Toronto Toros → successor → Birmingham Bulls ⓘ
Paul Henderson → playedFor → Birmingham Bulls ⓘ
BJCC Coliseum → formerTenant → Birmingham Bulls ⓘ
this entity surface form: Birmingham Bulls (ice hockey)
Huntsville Havoc → hasRivalryWith → Birmingham Bulls ⓘ