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By Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel

Jan. 17, 2011 10:04 p.m.
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/113945279.html

The Milwaukee Iron of the Arena Football League is planning to rebrand itself as the Milwaukee Mustangs when the season begins in early March.

Mustangs is the name of the original arena football franchise in Milwaukee. The Mustangs played at the Bradley Center from 1994 to 2001.

Team owners are planning a news conference later this month to announce the rebranding and release of the new team logo.

AFL Commissioner Jerry Kurz declined to comment on the change.

Iron officials did not return calls seeking comment.

The Iron reached the National Conference championship last season, losing to the Spokane Shock.

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Besides He Hate Me and Rashied Davis, have any other AFL players made it to the NFL?

Wait. He Hate Me was XFL.

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Silence is golden.

Kurt Warner.

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Oh good grief!

Future NFL HOFer got his start with the Iowa Barnstormers. Amazing.

A few others:Anthony Armstrong, Oronde Gadsden, Adrian McPherson, Rashied Davis, Jay Feely, Rob Bironas, and Paul Justin.

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Silence is golden.

I actually attended an Iowa vs. St. Louis arena game years back when Warner was the QB of the Iowa team. I don't know why I remembered his name years later when he hit it big in the NFL but it's crazy seeing someone in an Arena game then a few years later that guy becoming an NFL MVP.