The Toledo Bullfrogs was to be a professional
arena football team based at the
Lucas County Arena
The Huntington Center is an 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena in downtown Toledo, Ohio. It was completed in 2009 and cost $105 million to build. It replaced the Toledo Sports Arena, which has since been demolished.
It serves as the home of the Tol ...
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.
History
On September 22, 2008, Toledo Arena Sports, Inc. (a non-profit group led by the owners of the
International League
The International League (IL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the United States. Along with the Pacific Coast League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major League Baseball ...
's
Toledo Mud Hens which also owns the
ECHL's
Toledo Walleye), announced that an af2 franchise was coming to the arena.
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
The Lucas County Courthouse is an architecturally-significant courthouse in Downtown Toledo, downtown Toledo, Ohio, located at 700 Adams Street. The courthouse first opened in 1897. It was designed by David L. Stine, and the contractors were Dun, ...
, where a frog is depicted in the floor mosaic.
On May 6, 2020, the Toledo Walleye revealed the uniforms that the Bullfrogs would have worn. They also sold Bullfrogs t-shirts on the Swamp Shop website.
References
External links
Toledo Bullfrogs
Defunct af2 teams
Sports clubs and teams in Toledo, Ohio
Defunct American football teams in Ohio
American football teams established in 2008
American football teams disestablished in 2009
2008 establishments in Ohio
2009 disestablishments in Ohio
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