The Johnstown Generals was a professional indoor football team that was based in

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. The Generals began play in 2011 as an

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as part of the original

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six. The fourth indoor football team to play in Johnstown, it succeeded the original Indoor Football League's Johnstown Jackals (2000), the

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's Johnstown J-Dogs (2001), and the

American Indoor Football Association American Indoor Football (AIF) was a professional indoor football league, one of the several regional professional indoor football leagues in North America. The AIFL began as a regional league with six franchises on the East Coast of the United ...

Johnstown Riverhawks The Johnstown Riverhawks was a professional indoor American football team based out of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. They were a charter member of the American Indoor Football Association (AIFA). They played their home games at Cambria County War ...

(2005–2007). This team was owned by Jeff Bollinger, and played its home games at the

Cambria County War Memorial Arena The Cambria County War Memorial Arena is a 4,001-seat multi-purpose arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, that is managed by SMG Entertainment. It was built in 1950, for the Johnstown Jets of the Eastern Hockey League. The arena was built on the si ...

in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Franchise history

2011

The team was coached by Quinteen Robinson, who played on the three previous indoor football teams to play in Johnstown.

2012

Players of note

Roster

Awards and honors

The following is a list of all Generals players who have won league awards:

Other notable former players

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- WR * Shea McKeen - DL *

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- DB

Coaches of note

Head coaches

''Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the

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.''

Coaching staff

Statistics and records

Season-by-season results

''Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.'' * Season currently in progress

External links

Johnstown Generals official site

References

{{UIFL 2011 establishments in Pennsylvania 2012 disestablishments in Pennsylvania