Toledo Bullfrogs

The Toledo Bullfrogs was to be a professional arena football team based at the Lucas County Arena in Toledo, Ohio. They were scheduled to begin play in the af2, the developmental league of the Arena Football League, in 2010, until that league folded in 2009. The team never played a game and the Toledo Bullfrogs website now leads directly to the Toledo Walleye website.

Toledo Bullfrogs
Toledo Bullfrogs
Founded2008
Leagueaf2
Based inToledo, Ohio
ArenaLucas County Arena
ColorsBlack, dark green, light green, orange, white
         
OwnerToledo Arena Sports, Inc.

History

On September 22, 2008, Toledo Arena Sports, Inc. (a non-profit group led by the owners of the International League's Toledo Mud Hens which also owns the ECHL's Toledo Walleye), announced that an af2 franchise was coming to the arena.[1]

On November 18, the Bullfrogs announced their name, logo, and colors. The name was chosen as an homage to the city sitting on what was formerly the Great Black Swamp, ergo, when the city was founded, there was a frog infestation. This heritage is also immortalized in the Lucas County Courthouse and Jail, where a frog is depicted in the floor mosaic.[2][3]

References
  1. Silka, Zach (September 22, 2008). "Toledo football franchise to join Walleyes in arena". Toledo Blade. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
  2. Silka, Zach (November 18, 2008). "Bullfrogs hop onto scene: Toledo's future arena football team gets name". Toledo Blade. Retrieved November 18, 2008.
  3. "New professional arena football team to be named Toledo Bullfrogs". Toledo Bullfrogs. September 22, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
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