Historic FIRST data wanted

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Don't forget that permanent teams numbers were not used in the early years. I think they were assigned in the order that a team registered.

As I understand it, the teams were numbered alphabetically by official team name. That name started with the team's primary sponsor. The year numbers became permanent, The Juggernauts were team 1 based on their sponsorship by a company starting with a numeral rather than a letter. Delphi-sponsored teams ended up in the 40s. The X-Cats, sponsored by Xerox, got 191.