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BLITZ
TRIVIA |
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| Only
a few members of the 1983 Chicago Blitz staff
would stay with the team long enough to be
listed in the 1984 media guide. |
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| Two
names from the Blitz front office staff of 1984
are worth particular note: James Foster,
who would go on to invent the game of Arena
Football, and Bill Polian, who would go on to be
one of the NFL's most respected player personnel
men. |
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| Chicago
White Sox part-owner Eddie Einhorn was awarded a
Chicago USFL franchise to replace the Blitz
while the team was playing its final season. |
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| Einhorn
had been expected by some to field a team for
the spring season of 1985, but he had no
intention of doing so, preferring instead to
wait until the league moved to a fall schedule
in 1986. |
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| Einhorn
was particularly vocal when people compared the
Blitz to his new franchise, seemingly going out
of his way to make it clear to everyone that he
was not taking over the Blitz, but would
build a new USFL franchise in the city. |
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| Einhorn
was a leading figure in the USFL's decision to
move to a fall schedule, having told his fellow
owners that a move to the fall would generate
more interest in the league from network
television. |
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| He
was catastrophically wrong in his statements, as
ABC, CBS and NBC each declared (in at least one
case emphatically) that they had no interest in
the USFL as a fall football product. |
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Some
of the personnel that made up the front office
staffs of both renditions of the Chicago Blitz:
| 1983: |
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| Club
Owner |
Chicago
Football Club, Inc. |
| Board
of Directors |
George
H. Allen, Chairman
Edward B. (Ted) Diethrich, M.D.
Willard V. (Bill) Harris
Paul Meyer
Tad Diethrich |
| President |
Edward
B. (Ted) Diethrich, M.D. |
| Executive
Vice President and Treasurer |
Willard
V. (Bill) Harris |
| General
Manager |
G.
Bruce Allen |
| Assistant
General Manager |
Tad
Diethrich |
| Director
of College Scouting |
Michael
P. McCarthy |
| Director
of Pro Scouting |
Ed
Buckley |
| Director
of Promotions |
Zane
Bresloff |
| Director
of Public Relations |
Kay
Fred Schultz |
| Director
of Security |
Bob
Ries |
| Team
Scout |
John
Butler |
| Business
Manager |
Jim
Banahan |
| Consultant
Business Operations/Marketing |
Ted
Podleski |
| Accounting/Computer |
June
Foran |
| Managerial
Assistant |
Mary
Kate Stoffregen |
| Managerial
Assistant |
Kathy
Henneghan |
| Ticket
Manager |
Jerry
Foran |
| Ticket
Secretary |
Patti
Papastratakos |
| Group
Sales |
Rick
Cooper |
| Telemarketing |
Jeff
Stauch |
| Public
Relations Director |
Kay
Fred Schultz |
| Public
Relations Assistant |
Donald
Kojich |
| Public
Relations Assistant |
Tami
Tanzillo |
| Cheerleading
Coordinator |
Susan
Stevens |
| Administrative
Assistant to Head Coach |
Van
Barbieri |
| Head
Trainer |
James
Hammond |
| Equipment
Manager |
Tommy
McVean |
| Executive
Secretary |
Colleen
Burke |
| Administrative
Assistant |
Alexandra
Beatty |
| Administrative
Assistant |
Robin
Baldwin |
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| 1984: |
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| Owner |
Dr.
James F. Hoffman |
| Chief
Executive Officer and General Manager |
Ron
Potocnik |
| Executive
Vice President |
James
Foster |
| Director
of Development |
Gary
Carroll |
| Director
of Player Personnel |
Bill
Polian |
| Director
of Pro Scouting |
John
Butler |
| Director
of Public Relations |
Kay
Fred Schultz |
| Head
Coach |
Marv
Levy |
| Defensive
Coordinator |
Charley
Armey |
| Defensive
Backs Coach |
Jim
Colbert |
| Defensive
Line Coach |
Mike
Murphy |
| Strength
and Conditioning Coach |
Robert
Egley |
| Offensive
Coordinator |
Ron
Waller |
| Offensive
Backs Coach |
Tom
Beck |
| Offensive
Line Coach |
Whitey
Dovell |
| Special
Teams Coach |
John
Huard |
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