Chicago Hornets

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The Chicago Hornets were a short-lived professional American football team based in Chicago that competed in the All-America Football Conference in the late 1940s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct American football team
professional sports team
alsoKnownAs Chicago Rockets (renamed) NERFINISHED
basedIn Chicago NERFINISHED
cityRival Chicago Bears NERFINISHED
competitionLevel professional
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1949
division AAFC Western Division NERFINISHED
finalRecord 4–8 (1949 AAFC season)
franchiseLineage AAFC Chicago franchise 1946–1949 NERFINISHED
headCoach Hampton Pool
homeCity Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED
homeVenue Soldier Field NERFINISHED
inception 1949
league All-America Football Conference NERFINISHED
mergedOrFoldedWithLeague AAFC–NFL merger context
notableLeague rival league to NFL
owner John L. Keeshin NERFINISHED
participatedIn AAFC 1949 season NERFINISHED
playedInDecade 1940s
predecessor Chicago Rockets NERFINISHED
preNFLStatus non-NFL major league team
reasonForDissolution AAFC disbanded after 1949 season
shortLived true
sport American football
teamColors blue
gold

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Ray Flaherty coachOfSportsTeam Chicago Hornets
All-America Football Conference hadTeam Chicago Hornets