Defunct Cards
Description: Baseball fans in Boston have a long and storied history of supporting their beloved Red Sox. But before the team moved to Fenway Park, they were known as the Boston Bees, after Babe Ruth's Buzzing Bees. Afterwards they moved to Milwaukee (and became the Milwaukee Braves). Then in 1966 they were relocated to Atlanta, where they were renamed the Atlanta Braves. During its 82-year stay in Massachusetts, the franchise was known by various nicknames, including the Red Stockings, Red Caps, Rustlers, Bees, and "Braves".
Description: The Carolina Cougars were a basketball franchise in the American Basketball Association that existed from 1969 through 1974. The Cougars were originally a charter member of the ABA as the Houston Mavericks in 1967. The Mavericks moved to North Carolina in late 1969 after two unsuccessful seasons in Houston at the Sam Houston Coliseum.
Description: The Carolina Cougars were a basketball franchise in the American Basketball Association that existed from 1969 through 1974. The Cougars were originally a charter member of the ABA as the Houston Mavericks in 1967. The Mavericks moved to North Carolina in late 1969 after two unsuccessful seasons in Houston at the Sam Houston Coliseum.
Defunct Carolina Cougars ABA Basketball 1969 Card
by Localzonly
$5.00 $6.00
![WFL Charlotte Stars Helmet [DEFUNCT] Card](https://images.teepublic.com/derived/production/designs/25018727_0/1634653236/i_m:bi_production_blanks_rsrldjplc81gsrpiwvjk_1791935725,c_147_41_x602,bc_131313,o_landscape,s_313,q_90.webp)
Description: The New England Tea Men were a soccer team based in Foxborough, Massachusetts in the Boston metropolitan area. They played in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1978 to 1980. Their home field was Schaefer Stadium. They also played one season of indoor soccer in the NASL, using the Providence Civic Center for home games. The Tea Men were owned by tea company Lipton, who gave them their unusual name, which recalled both the company's tie-in and the Boston Tea Party. They won their division in 1978 and made a further playoff run in 1980. However, the team struggled for financial solvency in Massachusetts. Right at the start of the 1980–81 indoor season[1] they relocated to Jacksonville, Florida and became the Jacksonville Tea Men
![WFL: Philadelphia Bell [DEFUNCT] Card](https://images.teepublic.com/derived/production/designs/23554307_0/1628444134/i_m:bi_production_blanks_rsrldjplc81gsrpiwvjk_1791935725,c_197_41_x602,bc_ecdb14,o_landscape,s_313,q_90.webp)
Defunct Allentown Ambassadors Baseball Team Card
by Defunctland
$5.00 $6.00
Description: In 1977 members of the San Antonia Amateur Football League began work on creating a new minor league football league, they called it the American Football Association. One of the earlier amateur teams, the San Antonio Charros became one of the new league's first teams. The Charros joined five other clubs from Austin, Fort Worth, Houston, Oklahoma City, and Wichita Falls to establish the American Football Association. The team played five summer seasons with a mix of teams coming and going. The Charros won the first championship and played as the Charros until they changed names and became the San Antonio Bulls for the last two seasons.
Defunct San Antonio Charros AFA Football 1977 Card
by Localzonly
$5.00 $6.00
Description: C.J. Gayfer migrated to Mobile, Alabama, from Southwold, England after the Civil War and opened a department store bearing his name in downtown Mobile in 1879. By the time of his death in 1915, Gayfer's employed 150 people, averaged over $500,000 in annual sales, and Gayfer had become well known for his philanthropy and was one of the earliest proponents of employee benefits. Gayfer's expanded into the Western Gulf States in the early '60s, and by the end of the '70s, Gayfer's was becoming one of the largest department store chains in the Southern US. The apostrophe in the company name was eventually dropped, rebranding as Gayfers until the chain's closing in 1998.
Description: Warehouse Economy Outlet, (W.E.O), Where Economy Originates, was a discount, warehouse-style supermarket concept that was developed in the 1970s by A&P, and is credited with being an industry first. The original W.E.O. opened in Pennsauken, New Jersey in 1971, and quickly became a successful venture. W.E.O. featured grocery items in their original wholesale bulk packaging at reduced prices. In 1972, A&P expanded this format to 1,500 existing A&P stores; however, the expansion failed as older stores built prior to the '50s were not large enough to stock bulk packaged goods. The tagline used in ads and worn by employees was "I won't stop trying till you say Weeeeeo!" but by 1975, A&P abandoned the concept, so I guess they did kinda stop.
![Kansas City Athletics [DEFUNCT] Vintage Distressed Card](https://images.teepublic.com/derived/production/designs/23805286_0/1629468643/i_m:bi_production_blanks_rsrldjplc81gsrpiwvjk_1791935725,c_212_41_x602,bc_e9e9de,o_landscape,s_313,q_90.webp)
Kansas City Athletics [DEFUNCT] Vintage Distressed Card
by SlickReynolds
$5.00 $6.00
Defunct Denver Bears 50s Mascot Baseball Team Card
by Defunctland
$5.00 $6.00
Description: The Arizona Wranglers were a professional American football team in the United States Football League that, name-wise, existed from late 1982 to mid-1985. They played at Sun Devil Stadium on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe.
Defunct Arizona Wranglers USFL Football 1983 Card
by Localzonly
$5.00 $6.00
