Houston Thunderbears Arena Football Men/Unisex T-Shirt Size:L Drink beer from New York

Drink beer from New York

The Whalers moved to Hartford in 1974 and joined the NHL in the NHL–WHA merger of 1979

existed from late 1982 to mid-1985

At the end of the 1979–1980 season

Houston Thunderbears Arena Football Men/Unisex T-Shirt Size:L Drink beer from New YorkThe Houston Thunderbears originally joined the AFL in 1996 as the Texas Terror. That name only lasted two years, and the franchise changed it's name to the Thunderbears. The team was somewhat of a placeholder for football in Houston, TX after the Oilers of the NFL in 1995. The Thunderbears played their home games at the Compaq Center, but struggled to attract many fans. Once the Houston Texans were founded in 2002, there was no room for the arena