Unlike animals or occupations, one group I don’t see represented in a lot of team names is that of technology. Is it because tech feels too new and not timeless enough? Or because technologies often lack the autonomy or agency of the Raven or the Raptor? Or even that people are just not excited about technology enough? Yes, many occupations that use technology are represented, such as brewing or drilling for oil, but only rarely are the technologies themselves given as a name for a team. Well, I don’t care. I want to see the Cleveland Robots play the Kansas City Pocket Watches.
In the USSR, after the revolution, the naive belief in technology led to many teams being named after technologies. Often because the clubs belonged directly to the manufacturing factories.
The most famous is probably Dynamo Moscow, after whose example it is claimed that Dynamo is the most common name for footballs teams worldwide. For example, the US MLS team Dynamo Houston.
This reveals a USA centric view.
In the USSR, after the revolution, the naive belief in technology led to many teams being named after technologies. Often because the clubs belonged directly to the manufacturing factories.
The most famous is probably Dynamo Moscow, after whose example it is claimed that Dynamo is the most common name for footballs teams worldwide. For example, the US MLS team Dynamo Houston.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamo_(disambiguation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamo_FC
Also popular "locomotive"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokomotiv
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traktor_Chelyabinsk
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Hi Samuel, I hope you will consider adding the Blast Furnace Bettys to your list. https://www.flattrackstats.com/teams/45627