Prior to that team's existence, other early football teams ( such as the Buffalo Bills of the AAFC ) used the nickname, solely due to name recognition, as Bill Cody had no special connection with the city.

Prior to the team's first season, to avoid potential trademark infringement, the team purchased the trademarks of the defunct Liberty Basketball Association.

Prior to the start of the campaign, the Predators announced defenceman Kimmo Timonen as the team's new captain, while naming Kariya and Steve Sullivan as alternates ( the two served in that role the previous season, as well, but not on a permanent basis ).

Prior to that he was the team's hitting instructor from 2004-05.

Prior to the 1984 season, he and Fairbanks sold their interest to Trump, the team's original owner.

Prior to the draft, the team signed free agent Kevin Pritchard, the team's first player.

Prior to that the brand served as a primary sponsor for Ricky Rudd's # 88 Robert Yates Racing Ford as well as an associate sponsor for the team's # 38 car driven first by Elliott Sadler and then by David Gilliland, and an associate sponsor for the MB2 Motorsports # 36 Pontiac driven by Derrike Cope, Ernie Irvan, Ken Schrader, and others.

Prior to the Canucks ' final home game of the season a week later, he was awarded the Cyclone Taylor Award as the team's most valuable player ( MVP ) and his third Cyrus H. McLean Award as the team's leading point-scorer.

Prior to this, the ICT supporters had become increasingly concerned about poor performances and rumours of dressing room unrest, leading to a protest by fans at the team's 1-0 defeat by Hamilton on the weekend before the sacking

Prior to the 1903 season, Arthur Mosse was recruited from the University of Kansas to become the team's new coach.

Prior to the team's final game in the qualification campaign, against Zambia, coach Marcos Paquetá claimed that the team was now " not only playing for football success but for a new government and a new country ".< ref > 7 October 2011, < u > Libya eye unlikely qualification < u >, BBC Sport, Accessed October 8, 2011 .</ ref > The match was played on 8 October 2011, and resulted in a 0 – 0 draw which was good enough for both teams to qualify.

Prior to the race weekend Michael Andretti was informed by McLaren that the race would be his final Formula One start with the team due to poor performances, and he was to be replaced at the next race by Finland's Mika Häkkinen, the team's test-driver.

Prior to the start of the 2004 NFL season, the Bears fired Jauron and hired Lovie Smith, who declared Grossman the team's starting quarterback.

Prior to each challenge, each team nominates a group of three males and three females within the team for elimination ; after that challenge, the winning team's nominated group picks the matchups for the " Ruins ", which consist of a male Challenger against a male Champion, and a female Challenger against a female Champion.

Prior to the team's mission, he records a video will and testament telling his sister he is happy in life.

Prior to the team's appearance in the national championship game ( the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana ), Janikowski declared his intentions to declare himself eligible for the 2000 NFL Draft, saying his primary reason for foregoing his senior year was to pay for his mother to come to the United States.

Prior to the battle between the Society and the Six, Deadshot visits Scandal's room to talk about the team's future.

* CPR, in suicide prevention, the three risk signs for suicide: Current plan, Prior Attempts, and Resources

Prior lists of gun safety rules included as few as three basic safety rules or as many as ten rules including gun safety and sporting etiquette rules.

Prior to this, they were not limited as to how many terms they could serve ; John Engler, the governor at the time, served three terms as his first term occurred prior to the restriction.

Prior to this injunction, Brown released three vocal singles, including a cover of Louis Jordan's " Caldonia ", and the 12-bar blues rock and roll number, " Out of Sight ", which further indicated the future direction of Brown's musical sound.

Prior to World War II Porsche designed and built three Type 64 cars for a 1939 Berlin to Rome race that was cancelled.

Prior to the Marian reforms ( see below ) the heavy infantry was subdivided, according to experience, into three separate lines of troops:

Prior to this amendment, Vice President Richard Nixon informally replaced President Dwight Eisenhower for several weeks on each of three occasions when Eisenhower was ill.

( Prior to 2003, this was two rounds ; prior to 2001, it was three.

Despite this very general definition, in the Prior Analytics, Aristotle limits himself to categorical syllogisms, which consist of three categorical propositions.

:" Prior to ... 1969, only one Supreme Court case, three court of appeals ' decisions, and one district court decision in the previous quarter-century featured an anonymous individual as the sole or lead plaintiff.

Prior to this version, the book had inspired a number of now-less-well-known stage and screen adaptations, including a profitable Broadway musical and three silent films.

Prior to the 2002 election Queen Anne's County was run by three Commissioners.

The Prior Analytics contains his exposition of the " syllogistic ", where three important principles are applied for the first time in history: the use of variables, a purely formal treatment, and the use of an axiomatic system.

Prior to enrolling for the Master ’ s, the student will have studied psychology for three years as an undergraduate ( B. A., B. Sc., and, for Organisational Psychology, also B. Comm.

* Prior to Ragnarök, there will be three hard winters without an intervening summer, the Fimbulwinter.

Prior to that, the headquarters was in Philadelphia, within a few miles of three member schools ( Temple, Saint Joseph's, and La Salle ).

Prior to its abolition, the Cup Winners ' Cup was regarded as the second most prestigious European club competition out of the three major tournaments, behind the UEFA Champions League and ahead of the UEFA Cup, although many commentators felt the Cup Winners ' Cup was the easiest of the three competitions to win.

Prior to that, Caldwell County had been part of Christian, Logan, and Lincoln Counties — Lincoln County having been one of the three original counties of Kentucky.

Prior to 1983, canon law required banns to be announced, or " asked ", in the home parishes of both parties on three Sundays or Holy Days of Obligation prior to the marriage.

Prior to its purchase by English settlers in 1662, the area around Moodus was inhabited by Native American Algonquians, three of which tribes are known: the Wangunks, the Mohegans and the Nehantics.

Prior to the 2010-2011 school year the school district had three school buildings, including A. W.

Prior to their three-peat, it had been over 25 years since a Texas boy's basketball program had won three or more consecutive state championships.

Prior to 1892, the drop was between four and ten feet ( about one to three metres ), depending on the weight of the body, and was calculated to deliver a force of 1, 260 lbf ( 5, 600 newtons or 572 kgf ), which fractured the neck at either the 2nd and 3rd or 4th and 5th cervical vertebrae.

Prior to their nominations, and Diana Ross for Lady Sings the Blues the same year with Winfield and Tyson, only three other African Americans-Dorothy Dandridge, Sidney Poitier and James Earl Jones-had ever been nominated for a leading role.