Houston Title Notes

The city of Houston has won four major North American sports league crowns.

Additionally two different teams, the “extinct” Houston Aeroes and the now Tennessee Titans, Houston Oilers won titles in leagues that no longer exist.

Three of the four teams won repeat titles.

George Blanda and Billy Cannon led the Houston Oilers to the first two AFL crowns in 1960 and 1961.

A true great, rarely talked about by a predominantly “no clue” sports media, Hakeem Olajuwon led the Houston Rockets to NBA crowns in both 1994 and 1995.

Only the 2017 World Series winning Houston Astros did not repeat. They are current baseball champions and have made 6 straight ALCS and 4 of the last 6 World Series, splitting in those 4 entities.

It would be nice to call their manager Dusty Baker and congratulate him on last year’s title. Once I could reach him at the New York hotel at which his team was staying. That is no longer the case.

The Gord Howe led Houston Aeros won World Hockey Association crowns in 1974 and 1975 as did the Philadelphia Flyers. Neither has titled since then, the Aeros and WHA, no longer in existence and the Flyers’ bids for NHL titles going unfulfilled for 47 consecutive completed NHL seasons (1976-2023, with no NHL season in 2005).

Bobby Hull led Winnipeg Jets who dethroned the Aeros in the ’76 WHA final.

The great Hakeem Olajuwon led the Houston Rockets to NBA crowns in both 1994 and 1995.