The Detroit Fury were an arena football team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

They were a member of the original Arena Football League from 2001 to 2004 and played at The Palace of Auburn Hills, also the home of the NBA's Detroit Pistons.

[1] Eight years after the departure of the Detroit Drive to Massachusetts, Detroit Pistons owner Bill Davidson and William Clay Ford, Jr., son of Detroit Lions owner William Clay Ford, Sr., came together to purchase an expansion franchise in the original Arena Football League.

[2] A name the team contest was held in 2000 to generate public interest with over 3000 submissions.

The name Detroit Fury, submitted by teenager Todd Nye, was selected as the winner.