Lehigh Valley Steelhawks
| Lehigh Valley Steelhawks | |||
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| Current season | |||
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| General information | |||
| Founded | 2010 | ||
| Folded | 2019 | ||
| Headquartered | Allentown, Pennsylvania at the PPL Center | ||
| Colors | Black, Vegas gold, white | ||
| Mascot | Talon | ||
| LVSteelhawks.com | |||
| Personnel | |||
| Owner | Glenn Clark | ||
| General manager | Michael Clark | ||
| Head coach | Danton Barto | ||
| President | Glenn Clark | ||
| Team history | |||
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| Home fields | |||
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| League / conference affiliations | |||
Indoor Football League (2011–2012)
Professional Indoor Football League (2013–2015)
American Indoor Football (2016)
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| Championships | |||
| Conference championships: 1 PIFL: 2014 | |||
| Playoff appearances (6) | |||
| IFL: 2012 PIFL: 2013, 2014, 2015 AIF: 2016 NAL: 2017 | |||
The Lehigh Valley Steelhawks were a professional indoor football team based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Steelhawks began play as an expansion team in the Indoor Football League (IFL) in 2011.
The Steelhawks moved to the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) in 2013, where they made their only championship game appearance, losing PIFL Cup III to the Nashville Venom. The team joined American Indoor Football for the 2016 season after the PIFL folded, which lasted one season before that league also folded. They joined the National Arena League for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. The Steelhawks were the Lehigh Valley's second indoor football team, following the also-defunct Lehigh Valley Outlawz of the Continental Indoor Football League (2005–2008). The Outlawz played their home games at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania until 2014. In 2015, they began playing their home games at the PPL Center on Hamilton Street in Allentown.
Steelhawks owner Glenn Clark sought to sell the team following the 2018 season. After failing to find new ownership for the Steelhawks, the team suspended operations before the 2019 season. The "hiatus" became permanent when no suitable buyer was ever found.