Spokane Shockers

{{Short description|American football team (1967–1970)}}

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| founded = 1967

| folded = 1970

| league = Continental Football League

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| arena = Joe Albi Stadium

| city = Spokane, Washington

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The Spokane Shockers were a professional American football team based in Spokane, Washington. The team was founded in 1967 as the Victoria Steelers{{Cite web|url=https://funwhileitlasted.net/2015/11/20/1967-victoria-steelers-football/|title=1967 Victoria Steelers|date=20 November 2015 }} of the Continental Football League but transferred to Spokane during the 1967–68 offseason.{{cite news|title=Team Transferred|work=The Danville Register|agency=Associated Press|date=March 19, 1968}} While in Spokane the team played its home games in Joe Albi Stadium. The Shockers had a farm team arrangement with the American Football League's Oakland Raiders, and their most notable player during their brief existence was future Hall of Fame quarterback Ken Stabler.{{cite news|title=Ramblers Offering Free Footballs|work=The San Bernardino County Sun|date=November 22, 1968}}

As a result of the demise of the COFL, Spokane was first forced to suspend operations and then cease them altogether. As late as June 1970, plans to continue operating the COFL's Pacific Division as a separate entity were considered viable,{{cite news|last1=Missildine|first1=Harry|title=Some News From the Shockers|work=The Spokesman-Review|date=June 3, 1970}} but these plans were abandoned when the Sacramento Capitols folded in July and the Portland Loggers stopped responding to phone calls by August.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jQg0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=OPgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6757,488619&dq=continental-football-league&hl=en|title=Spokane Daily Chronicle - Google News Archive Search|publisher=|accessdate=December 21, 2014}}