Calgary Boomers

 ( Association Football Clubs Established In 1980 ) 

At a press conference on September 16, 1981, owner Nelson Skalbania announced that unless the team could sell 6,500 indoor season tickets and a local ownership group found to purchase the team, the organization would cease operations the following Monday. The next day, the league announced the Boomers were one of five teams that failed to post the required $150,000 bond to participate in the 1981–82 NASL Indoor season. The following week, it was reported that GM Rudi Schiffer had delivered the $150,000 performance bond nine days after the deadline while attending the NASL meetings in Toronto and that a group of local businessmen had conditionally purchased the team in an effort to keep it Calgary. A few days later on September 28, 1981, it was announced that the Boomers would merge with the Edmonton Drillers with Skalbania selling his interest in the team to Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington. The following day, however, the team which recorded loses over $2 million, was placed into receivership, the deal fell through and the Boomer players were released to other team via a dispersal draft. Skalbania was later order by the Supreme Court of British Columbia to pay Memphis Rogues owner Avron Fogelman the $1.1 million balance of the team's original purchase price, having only paid the initial $125,000 down payment.

• Al Miller; Head coach 1980–1981
• David Davies (Coach)

• 1981 Franz Gerber

Indoor All-Star Selections

• 1980–81 Juan Carlos Molina

Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame

• 2011 Victor Kodelja

U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame

• 2024 Francisco Marcos

• Calgary Boomers roster/stats