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The '''Baltimore Bombers''' were a proposed [[National Football League]] expansion team located in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]. When the NFL was awarding expansion teams to two cities in 1993, Baltimore was among the cities vying for a team; the city had [[Baltimore Colts relocation controversy|lost its previous team]], the [[Indianapolis Colts|Colts]], in a middle-of-the-night relocation nine years prior.  In their proposal, the potential owners of the team had settled on the "Baltimore Bombers" as the team's nickname in honor of the [[B-26 Marauder]], a [[World War II]] bomber designed by the [[Glenn L. Martin Company]], and produced in Baltimore from 1941 to 1945.<ref>((Cite news |first=Jon |last=Morgan |title='Baltimore Bombers' scores a hit from history, marketing angles |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-10-02-1993275006-story.html |access-date=April 12, 2022 |date=October 2, 1993 |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |language=en |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303115554/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-10-02-1993275006-story.html |archive-date=March 3, 2021))</ref><ref>((Cite web |last=Wilt |first=Zach |title=This Is What The 1995 Baltimore Bombers Uniforms What Have Looked Like |url=https://baltimoresportsreport.com/baltimore-bombers-uniforms-33169.html |access-date=April 13, 2022 |date=October 12, 2012 |website=Baltimore Sports Report |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014110921/https://baltimoresportsreport.com/baltimore-bombers-uniforms-33169.html |archive-date=October 14, 2012))</ref> Leonard "Boogie" Weinglass, founder of the retailer [[Merry-Go-Round (retailer)|Merry-Go-Round]], was one of the potential owners of the Baltimore expansion team, as was [[Malcolm Glazer]], who would later go on to purchase the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]].

== Decision ==
Baltimore, as well as [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] and [[St. Louis]], was not awarded an expansion team, passed up in favor of [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] and [[Jacksonville, Florida]].<ref>((Cite web |last=Pitts |first=William |date=February 21, 2021 |title=Memphis Could Have Had an NFL Expansion Team in 1995 |url=https://www.sportscasting.com/memphis-could-have-had-an-nfl-expansion-team-in-1995/ |access-date=April 12, 2022 |website=Sportscasting ((!)) Pure Sports |language=en-US))</ref> The Bombers proposal was believed to be near the bottom of the list of contenders, and league commissioner [[Paul Tagliabue]] opposed any expansion to Baltimore, saying "some towns are football towns and some towns are museum towns. I guess Baltimore is a museum town."

Shortly after the NFL's rejection, the [[Canadian Football League]] approved an [[expansion team]] for Baltimore; originally christened the Colts, legal action from the NFL compelled the team to stop using the "Colts" name. With a team that was eventually re-christened the [[Baltimore Stallions|Stallions]], Baltimore became one of several U.S. markets introduced to [[Canadian football]] as part of the CFL's [[Canadian Football League in the United States|ill-fated expansion]]. Although they played only two seasons, the Stallions were, by far, the most successful CFL expansion team of the era, both on and off the field. Their success was a major factor in [[Cleveland Browns]] owner [[Art Modell]]'s decision to [[Cleveland Browns relocation controversy|relocate his NFL franchise to Baltimore]], announcing his signing of a deal to move the team on November 6, 1995.<ref>((Cite web |first=Scott |last=Allen |date=December 11, 2011 |title=11 Expansion Teams That Just Missed the Cut |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29462/11-expansion-teams-just-missed-cut |access-date=April 12, 2022 |website=[[Mental Floss]] |language=en-US))</ref> Further legal action from the NFL eventually produced a settlement whereby Modell agreed to leave the Browns' name and colors in Cleveland in exchange for an expansion franchise in Baltimore that acquired the Browns' roster. Bombers was one of the names rejected by the team in the naming process, with city mayor [[Kurt L. Schmoke]] even writing a letter advising against the name in light of the [[Oklahoma City bombing]] and the [[Jaffa Road bus bombings]] in 1995 and 1996, respectively. The name of Marauders finished third in the final voting.<ref>((cite news |last1=Shaffer |first1=Jonas |title=Twenty years ago, the Ravens got their name. Here were the other serious and silly options |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-20-years-ago-the-ravens-got-their-name-here-were-the-other-serious-and-silly-options-20160329-story.html |access-date=September 19, 2020 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=March 29, 2016 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227172545/https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-20-years-ago-the-ravens-got-their-name-here-were-the-other-serious-and-silly-options-20160329-story.html |archive-date=February 27, 2022))</ref> The new NFL franchise would become the [[Baltimore Ravens]] while the Stallions ceased operations (although their ownership group was granted a new CFL franchise in Montreal and successfully re-signed much of the Stallions' roster).<ref>((Cite web |last=Shuck |first=Barry |date=December 10, 2021 |title=3 things you probably didn't know about the Ravens |url=https://www.dawgsbynature.com/2021/12/10/22798036/3-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-ravens |access-date=April 12, 2022 |website=Dawgs By Nature |language=en))</ref>

== Proposed logo ==
The proposed main logo showed the silhouette of a "generic" World War II-era bomber (not the silhouette of the B-26 Marauder).<ref>((cite web |title=LogoServer - Football Logos - NFL |url=http://www.logoserver.com/NFL.html |website=LogoServer: Preserving Logos. Preserving History. |access-date=September 19, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002223601/http://www.logoserver.com/NFL.html |archivedate=October 2, 2019 |date=July 2, 2005))</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* ((cite web |last1=Haberek |first1=Ben |title=NFL PROTOTYPES |url=http://www.misterhabs.com/nfl-proto.htm |website=Helmets, Helmets, Helmets |access-date=September 19, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921070718/http://www.misterhabs.com/nfl-proto.htm |archivedate=September 21, 2014 |url-status=live ))
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