Denver Dynamite

The Denver Dynamite were a charter member of the Arena Football League, playing in the inaugural four-team "demonstration" season of 1987. Showcasing a high-powered offense led by former Vanderbilt University star quarterback Whit Taylor, the team nonetheless did not return for the league's second season in 1988. It was restarted in 1989, however, and operated for three subsequent seasons, ceasing operation after the 1991 campaign. The owners retained the rights to operate an Arena Football franchise, however, which they sold in 1996 to a Nashville-based group which started the Nashville Kats (now the Georgia Force) the next year.

The Dynamite's memorable logo was, unsurprisingly, an exploding bundle of dynamite sticks. The teams home games were played in the McNichols Arena, which was then also the home of the NBA's Denver Nuggets.