The Portland Loggers were a professional

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team based in

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. They were members of the

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and only lasted one year. Featuring much of the roster of the defunct

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, the team was originally known as the Hawaii Warriors, but were relocated from

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to Portland just 18 days before the start of the 1969 season. The team played at

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in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland. They were coached by retired

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Chuck Fenenbock.

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alum Len Younce served as Portland's

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. Al King, who was formerly the director of promotions of the

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, served as the Loggers

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and Paul O' Halloran was the team's president. During the Loggers first game, a pre-season matchup against the Las Vegas Cowboys at

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on August 10, 1969, an electrical storm caused a power outage to the stadium. After waiting 45 minutes in vain for the power to be restored, officials called the game final at a score of 34–7, in favor of the Cowboys, with 9:45 left in the contest. To boost attendance towards the end of the season, team owners held several promotions at one game, including their November 16 game against the Spokane Shockers where it was "Ladies Night", "Boy Scout Night", "Chamber of Commerce Night" and "Picture Night". In October the team stopped holding their practices at Multnomah Stadium and started using the football field at Central Catholic High School. In late October the Loggers received

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Momčilo Gavrić on loan from the

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(NFL)

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. Ultimately, only 25,157 fans attended the Loggers' six home games, or 4,192 per contest. The Loggers were mentioned as a team that could have potentially played in a 1970 iteration of the Continental Football League, one that would have been based only in the western United States. The team was shut down in April 1970.

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