USFL '86: The Season That Never Was

Friday, October 13, 2017

'82 Chronology-SoCal Sojourn

Event Date: Novmber 12th 1982

Event Description: Express Sign Duo

Source: L.A. Times/UPI

Running back Don Hardeman, one-time No. 1 draft choice of the Houston Oilers, and former Chicago Bears wide receiver Kris Haines have signed contracts with the Los Angeles Express of the U.S. Football League.

Hardeman, 6-foot-2 and 235 pounds, was with the Oilers from 1975-78. He spent the last three seasons with the Baltimore Colts.


Haines, who played in the Cotton Bowl twice and the Gator Bowl once during his college career at Notre Dame, has been with the Bears for three years. He was obtained in a trade with the Chicago Blitz of the USFL.

Story-(LA Times/UPI)

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