Southern California Sun
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The Southern California Sun were an American football team based out of Anaheim, California that played in the World Football League in 1974 and 1975. Their records were 13-7 in 1974 and 7-5 in 1975. Their home stadium was Anaheim Stadium.
Among those on the roster of the 1974 team were Heisman Trophy winner John Huarte, former University of Southern California superstar Anthony Davis, and Daryle Lamonica, the Oakland Raiders' "Mad Bomber."
The 1975 team produced an incident that became famous in Los Angeles-area broadcast history. On a radio broadcast on KABC, Ed "Superfan" Beiler was promoting an upcoming game between the Sun and the San Antonio Wings, which was a road game for the Sun. At the end of his comments, Beiler said, "And of course, the river, what's the name of the river that goes through...the San Antonio River goes right through the heart of downtown Los Angeles." The blooper would be played repeatedly on the late Jim Healy's radio programs, first on KLAC, then on KMPC (now KSPN).
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