On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept.Submitted by DfcukinLite t3_1266gy4 in baltimore
medievalPanera t1_je9fypu wrote
Reply to comment by RedStar9117 in On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite
He have any stories about this?
RedStar9117 t1_je9g79g wrote
He only said that he was working for mayflower at the time and they were all assigned to show up and everyone was shocked when all of a sudden the Colts were sneaking put of town under cover of darkness. Everyone was pissed off but no one was going ro get fired over refusing to do the job
medievalPanera t1_je9gd68 wrote
Had to be insano to be some of the first to know. Can't imagine the emotions driving your team to flipping Indianapolis.
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