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The Colts left Baltimore in 1984.
Baltimore Colts left in 1983 to become the Indianapolis Colts. Baltimore Ravens came in 1996.
The Baltimore Colts NFL franchise began in 1953, and is currently known as the Indianapolis Colts.
September 27,1953The NFL Baltimore Colts1953-1970The Colts began the 1953 season with a blockbuster trade, swapping five Baltimore players for 10 Cleveland Browns. Among the players who came to Baltimore were future coach Don Shula; Bert Rechichar, Carl Taseff and Art Spinney, among others. The 2nd incarnation of the Baltimore Colts first took the field at Memorial Stadium on September 27, with Coach Keith Molesworth. The Colts would stun the Bears that day 13-9 to get the new franchise off on the right foot. However, the Colts struggled to a 3-9 season in their inaugural year.[2]
The Colts, which at the time were at Baltimore, Maryland, relocated from there to Indianapolis on March 29, 1984.
That was running back Alan Ameche of the Baltimore Colts.
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John Unitas signed a one year, $7000 contract with the Colts on January 31, 1956.
Y.A. Tittle was a rookie in 1948. He debuted with the Baltimore Colts.
Faulk was traded from the Colts to the Rams on April 15, 1999 for a 2nd and 5th round draft choice in the 1999 NFL draft.
The Baltimore Colts won Super Bowl V with Johnny Unitas in 1971.
The Baltimore Colts' first year in the NFL was 1953. There were three black players on the roster: Buddy Young, George Taliaferro, and Mel Embree.