Before 1974, the records of the HBC were kept in the London office headquarters.

Before the 1974 season began, the Padres were on the verge of being sold to Joseph Danzansky, who was planning to move the franchise to Washington, D. C. by the beginning of the 1974 season.

Before 1974, Chemung County was governed by a board of supervisors.

Before 1974, that role had been filled by Famagusta which is now located in the Turkish controlled part of the island which is not recognised as a legal port by any country except Turkey.

Before moving to Bankers Life Fieldhouse, the Pacers played their games at Market Square Arena from 1974 – 1999 and at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum ( currently known as the Pepsi Coliseum ) from 1967 – 1974.

Before retirement, in 1974, he starred in La Mary, a hit movie directed by Daniel Tinayre.

He was also the voice of Father Mouse in the 1974 Christmas special Twas the Night Before Christmas, and sang the song Give Your Heart a Try in that production.

Before 1974, Morphou was an almost entirely Greek Cypriot community.

Before 1974, St Ives Borough Council was the principal local authority for what now forms the civil parish of St Ives.

Before 1974 Ilkley was an urban district, a type of local government district.

In 1974, Diamond released the album Serenade, from which " Longfellow Serenade " and " I've Been This Way Before " were issued as singles.

Before the Local Government Act 1972 came into force in 1974 Wisbech was a municipal borough ; it is now a civil parish in the Fenland District.

Before entering politics, Morgan worked as an Industrial Development Officer for South Glamorgan County Council from 1974 to 1980.

* Where Have I Known You Before ( 1974, Polydor )

* 1974: Long Before Our Mothers Cried ( Strata-East Records )

Before the year 1924 it started at 6 and at 7 between 1924 and 1974.

Before 1974 all crimes and offences were prosecuted at the suit of ( after action taken by ) the Attorney General.

Before 1974, the land the airport sits on was largely owned by the United States Air Force, which operated an air force base there.

( 1946 ); “ Essentials for Nigeria ’ s Survival .” ( 1965 ); “ Before Us Lies The Open Grave ” ( 1947 ); “ The Future of Pan-Africanism ” ( 1961 ); “ The Realities of African Unity ” ( 1965 ); “ Origins of the Nigerian Civil War ” ( 1969 ); I Believe in a One Nigeria ( 1969 ); Peace Proposals for Ending the Nigerian Civil War ( 1969 ); Dialogue on a New Capital for Nigeria ( 1974 ); “ Creation of More States in Nigeria, A Political Analysis ” ( 1974 ); Democracy with Military Vigilance ( 1974 ); “ Reorientation of Nigerian Ideologies: lecture on 9 December 1976, on eve of the launching of the UNN Endowment Fund ” ( 1976 ); Our Struggle for Freedom ; Onitsha Market Crisis ( 1976 ); Let Us Forgive Our Children, An appeal to the leaders and people of Onitsha during the market crisis ( 1976 ); A Collection of Poems ( 1977 ); Civil War Soliloquies: More Collection of Poems ( 1977 ); “ Themes in African Social and Political Thought ” ( 1978 ); Restoration of Nigerian Democracy ( 1978 ); Matchless Past Performance: My Reply to Chief Awolowo ’ s Challenge ( 1979 ); A Matter of Conscience ( 1979 ); Ideology for Nigeria: Capitalism, Socialism or Welfarism?

Before the 1988 NFL season, the team moved to Tempe, Arizona, a college town suburb of Phoenix, and played their home games for the next 18 years at Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium.

Before the 2007 season began, Vick was suspended indefinitely by the NFL after pleading guilty to charges involving dog fighting in the state of Virginia.

Before becoming the studio host for The NFL on NBC in 1984, Costas did play-by-play of NFL games with analyst Bob Trumpy.

Before 2005, Seattle had the longest drought of playoff victories of any NFL team, dating back to the 1984 season.

Before this season, the Dolphins had never won a playoff game in franchise history, but they surprised the entire NFL by advancing to the Super Bowl with wins against the two previous Super Bowl champions.

Before the AFL-NFL merger, the NFL had declared that stadiums smaller than 50, 000 capacity were not adequate for their needs.

Before the season ended, however, the Maroons were suspended by NFL commissioner Joseph Carr, thus denying them the championship title.

Before an arbitrator could make a ruling on Owens ' grievance, the NFL and the three teams involved in the controversy reached a settlement on March 16, 2004.

Before the 1979 NFL Draft, Bill Walsh, who was the new coach of the San Francisco 49ers, flew to Morehead State with Assistant Coach Sam Wyche to work out Simms.

Before it folded, Frankfurt Galaxy was the oldest pro football team outside of the NFL and CFL.

Before the draft existed, college players could sign with any team they wanted, and while Hutson did sign a contract with Green Bay, he had also signed a contract with Brooklyn, and both contracts came to the NFL office at the same time.

Before the Steelers ' home opener of the 2006 NFL season, a large school bus drove onto the field, and Bettis stepped out to a massive crowd ovation.

Before the 1992 season, Sanders reworked his NFL deal whereby he still reported to the Falcons for training camp in August, but was allowed to rejoin the Braves for the postseason.

Before the 2010 NFL season began, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had sold out every preseason, regular season and postseason game at Raymond James Stadium.

Before the 2004 NFL season, the Bears ’ organization fired coach Dick Jauron and then hired Lovie Smith.

Before the 2005 NFL season, Jackson said he would hold-out of training camp in order to secure a new contract with the Packers.

Before he started coaching in the NFL, he served as an assistant coach at five different colleges, including Texas A & M, where he coached the offensive line for seven seasons.

Before his NFL career Greene had an outstanding college football career at North Texas State University ( now the University of North Texas ) ( 1966 – 68 ), leading the team to a 23-5-1 record during his three seasons.

Before the 2001 NFL season, the NFL and its officials ' union were unable to secure a deal, resulting in the officials going on strike partway through the season.

Before McPherson signed with the Saints following the 2005 NFL Draft, he was acquired by the Utah Blaze of the AFL in their 2005 expansion draft.

Before working for the NFL Network, he worked for ESPN.

Before the 1980s, Chinese publishers hired teams of workers and selected a few thousand type pieces from an enormous Chinese character set.

Before the emergence of the T-formation in the 1940s, all members of the offensive backfield were legitimate threats to run or pass the ball, and most teams used four offensive backs on every play: a quarterback, two halfbacks, and a fullback.

Before the institution of interleague play in 1997, the two teams would have little opportunity to play each other.

Before the race at the Kyalami race track in South Africa, Lauda was the organiser of the so called ‘ drivers ' strike ’; Lauda had seen that the new Super-License required the drivers to commit themselves to their present teams and realised that this could hinder a driver's negotiation position.

Before settlers arrived, the federal government also sent teams of negotiators to meet with the Native peoples of the region.

Before consolidating into the Oak Hill Community, Converse was home to its own high school, nicknamed the Bordermen, who were known for their good basketball teams and unique dress code for road games.

Before Williams Jr. appears, Frank Gifford gives a short vignette about a memorable moment in the history of Monday Night Football featuring one or both of the teams playing that night's game.

Before Ruth left Boston, the Red Sox had won five of the first fifteen World Series, with Ruth pitching for the and championship teams ( he was with the Sox for the 1915 World Series but the manager used him only once, as a pinch-hitter, and he did not pitch ).

Before the 2006 season, there was one 15-minute overtime period, and if it expired with the teams still tied, the game was recorded as a tie.

Before the 1993 season, the CFL granted expansion franchises to the owners of two WLAF teams, the Sacramento Surge and San Antonio Riders.

Before deciding to join the University of Maine, Kariya was also accepted and had visited Boston University and Harvard for their respective programs, while entertaining offers from several other NCAA teams.

Before 1980, only four teams qualified for the final tournament.

Before the arrival of the Minnesota Twins in 1961, there was a long history of minor-league baseball teams called the St. Paul Saints, as well as their crosstown rivals the Minneapolis Millers.

Before Title IX, women coached 90 % of women's teams, in 1978 that percentage dropped to 58, and in 2004 it dropped even more to 44 percent.

Before and after Schumacher's official resignation from Toyota, there were rumours linking him to several Formula One teams.

Before the 2005 season, nine teams left the league to form United Indoor Football.

Before 2005, all finals were delayed into both markets unless their teams were playing.

Before coming up with the idea of a " Traded " set, the company still tried to produce cards of players with their new team if they changed teams in the offseason.

Before being introduced in the 1997 season, matchups between teams in the American League and National League only occurred during spring training, the All-Star Game, other exhibition games such as the Hall of Fame Game in Cooperstown, New York, and the World Series.

Before the season started, both Invergordon and Bonar Bridge withdrew, leaving just eight teams in the league.

Before that game, the youth teams of Krefeld and TuS Duisburg 48 / 99 had met with the 17-year-old Turek standing in the Duisburg goal.

Before the merger, the Steelers had long been one of the NFL's worst teams, only posting eight winning seasons, and just one playoff appearance, since their first year of existence in 1933.

Before his match with Seiichi Yukimura, Ryoma had amnesia, but luckily due to his teammates ' and other teams ' help by stalling their games and helping him " re-learn " tennis, he eventually overcomes his amnesia right before his match.