Event Date: August 5th, 1982
Event Description: Tampa Bay Bandits
Source: Toronto Star
The Tampa Bay entry in the United States Football League will be known as the Tampa Bay Bandits, taking advantage of actor Burt Reynolds' association with the team.
Reynolds, the star of the film 'Smokey and the Bandit', is a minor stockholder in the team and was on hand for Wednesday's announcement, along with majority owners John F. Bassett and Stephen W. Arky.
Bassett said no coach has been selected, nor has a team logo been designed.
He said the team colors -- at least for now -- will be silver, red, black and white. But he added some blue may be worked into the color scheme later in place of one of the other colors.
(Story-Toronto Star)
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