Yvonne Darlene Jones (August 7, 1953 – February 23, 2016)
was the American commissioner of the
Lone Star Football League
The Lone Star Football League (LSFL) was a regional professional indoor football minor league that played three seasons from 2012 to 2014. All of the LSFL's charter teams were based in the state of Texas, with five teams coming from the Southern ...
and
Champions Indoor Football
Champions Indoor Football (CIF) is a professional indoor American football minor league created in 2014 out of the merger between the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL) and Lone Star Football League (LSFL), plus one team from ...
. In 2009, she was a member of the executive committee for the
Indoor Football League
The Indoor Football League (IFL) is a professional indoor American football league created in 2008 out of the merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football. It has one of the largest number of currently active teams amon ...
. In 2005, Jones bought the
San Angelo Stampede Express
The San Angelo Stampede Express was a professional indoor football team from San Angelo, Texas owned by Darlene Jones. They were announced as a charter member of the Lone Star Football League but folded before play began in 2012. They played t ...
. In 2010, she was named IFL Executive of the Year.
Personal
Darlene has one daughter who helped run the San Angelo Stampede Express and two grandchildren.
Death
On February 23, 2016, Jones died following a brief period with cancer, at the age of 62.
References
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1953 births
2016 deaths
American football executives
Deaths from cancer in Texas
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