Oakland CA Former City of Champions
I grew up and spent almost half my early life in Oakland, California. Always in the shadow of that city across the bay, it has a long history of professional sports. When the pro teams expanded West in the 1960s the city was lucky enough to gain a team in each of the four major (at that time) professional sports leagues.
I was VERY fortunate to grow up in the 1960s and 1970s. During that time the A's won 3 World Series, the Raiders two Super Bowls and the Warriors one NBA championship. The Seals, well they were lovable losers.
The chances are really good that the Oakland Athletics will eventually move within 3-5 years, it's looking like Las Vegas is the target destination. If that comes to pass I'm going to have to lament the fact that all four of the major sports team from my childhood will become "defunct" teams (yeah, I used "defunct", that's how old I am!)
Oakland/California Seals 1967-1976
Oakland Raiders 1960-1981; 1995-2019
Golden State Warriors 1971-2019
Oakland A's/Athletics 1968-202?
Does any one know if this has happened to any other city where they have lost all of their major sports franchises?
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