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Fort Wayne Fusion
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The Fort Wayne Fusion was a 2007 af2 (Arena Football League's minor league) expansion team in the Midwest Division of the American Conference. They played their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which was the former home of the defunct National Indoor Football League/United Indoor Football franchise, the Fort Wayne Freedom.

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After only one year of existence, the Fusion folded and a new version of the Fort Wayne Freedom was formed for the Continental Indoor Football League.

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The franchise was announced in November, 2006 as an expansion team of the af2. Jeremy Golden was announced as the team's owner and general manager, and secured a lease with Allen County War Memorial Coliseum for home games.[1] The team also announced that Arena Football League legend, Eddie Brown, would be the team first head coach.[1] In January, the team named Mike McCaffrey as the team's General Manager to handle day-to-day operations for the Fusion.[2] In February, the team announced the team colors would be Burnt Orange, Regal Purple and Pearl White.[3] With the team struggling to find a quarterback through their exhibition games, the Fusion traded for Cody Hodges of the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz.[4] The Fusion played their first game in the af2 on March 31, 2007, against the Green Bay Blizzard, who were the then-defending American Conference champions.[5] In July, 2007, the news surfaced that Owner Jeremy Golden had been removed as the owner of the Fusion by af2 Commissioner, Jerry Kurz.[6] The Fusion finished the season 5–11,[7] but with the loss of Golden during the season, the Fusion playing again in 2008 was very remote.[8] In October, the city learned that Kurz had determined that the Fusion would not return in 2008.[9]

2007 Schedule

The Fort Wayne Fusion's schedule for the 2007 season is as follows: (Home Games in bold)

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Season-by-season

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Final roster

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Fort Wayne Fusion roster
Quarterbacks
  • 15 Blayne Baggett
  • 12 Joe Micco

Fullbacks

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen
  • 65 Lenard Black
  • 66 Randy Degg
  • 99 A. J. Lindsay
  • 72 Stephenol Santos
  • 97 Lou Vega

Defensive linemen

  • 95 Ernest Bentz
  • 91 Darian Tate
  • 33 Ken West
Linebackers

Defensive backs

  • 14 Arthur Berlanga
  •  2 Derek Brown
  •  1 Derrick Simmons
  •  3 Nate Williams

Special teams

  •  6 Kyle Hooper K
Injured reserve
  • 14 Barry Drakeford DB (IR)
  •  3 R. J. Harvey KR (IR)
  • 10 Cody Hodges QB (IR)
  • 93 Patrick P'au (IR)
  • 21 Jamal Rufu DB (IR)
  •  1 Tyrone Walker WR (IR)
  •  4 Terell White (IR)
  • 89 Rodney Wormley DL (IR)

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Roster updated July 15, 2007
21 Active, 8 Inactive

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Coaches of note

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2007 af2 season.

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Coaching staff

Fort Wayne Fusion staff
Front office
  • General manager – Mike McCaffrey
  • Asst. General Manager – Elvis Ahlborn
  • Team services – Greg Moyer
  • Radio play-by-play – Dean Jackson[10]

Head coach

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator –
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Tony Henderson

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