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
Wizardburial_ground t1_je80t4c wrote
My parents and grandparents would occasionally reference this event over the years, but I was only two months old when it happened. I always thought it was hyperbole - moving the team away in the dead of night. How absurd.
finnknit t1_je8z9c9 wrote
I was 6, and I remember being immensely disappointed when it happened. I had dressed up as a Baltimore Colts cheerleader for Halloween the previous fall.
The funny thing is, I was never really into football. My dad is a big football fan, and he encouraged me to cheer for our home team, but I never really got interested in it the way he was.
phmsanctified t1_je9pymm wrote
Yeah a lot of us lost out on the connection to football growing up, I was 3 lol. I think theres one pic of me as a little dude wearing Baltimore Colts stuff.
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