Wheeling became a charter member of the new Continental Football League in 1965, along with four other former UFL teams.
[2] Financial difficulties prompted the team to file for bankruptcy in April 1968, and also vote to give up their COFL franchise.
[3] Later that month the team announced they would in fact stay in the league, and hold a fundraising drive.
[4] Prior to the start of the 1968 COFL season the team changed their name to the Ohio Valley Ironmen.
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