Detroit Wheels Mugs
![WFL: Detroit Wheels [DEFUNCT] Mug](https://images.teepublic.com/derived/production/designs/23551437_0/1628431271/i_m:bi_production_blanks_w00xdkhjelyrnp8i8wxr_1466696262,c_155_80_x641,bc_292929,s_313,q_90.webp)
Description: The Detroit Wheels were an American football team, a charter member of the defunct World Football League. Soon after Gary Davidson announced the WFL's formation in October 1973, he was approached by a man named Bud Hucul about putting a team in Detroit. In a harbinger of things to come, however, it emerged that Hucul had a long history of legal problems, including 30 arrests and 27 lawsuits. A more credible offer came from a consortium of ten Detroit-area investors who were formally awarded a franchise on December 13, 1973. The group would eventually expand to 33 people, including singer Marvin Gaye, Motown Records vice-president Esther Gordy Edwards, Milford Fabricating owner Edward Nishon, and Little Caesars founder Mike Ilitch.
