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Jim
Halliburton
Founder
In
1971, Jim Halliburton envisioned a football league
that would bring the excitement and enjoyment of
full contact football to the youth of Santa
Barbara's south coast. Little did he imagine that
over three decades later this league would still
be alive and well. In the last 30 years,
some 15,000 players have played for
Santa Barbara Youth Football League competing
along with teams from El Rio, Carpinteria, the
Santa Ynez Valley and northern Santa Barbara
County. Today, Santa Barbara YFL fields
between 12-16 teams in 4 divisions for youth
between 8 and 14 years of age. It's up to
all of us to ensure that this league continues for
yet another 30 years as we endeavor to teach our
youth the values of commitment, teamwork,
sportsmanship, endurance, physical conditioning
and a winning spirit.
Thanks
Jim, for your vision and commitment to the
positive growth of Santa Barbara's youth. |
| 1971 |
Santa
Barbara Youth Football League is incorporated.
In the first year, there are approximately 450
players |
| 1972 |
Approximately
700 players participate on 24 teams from the
Santa Barbara, Goleta, Santa Ynez and
Carpinteria Areas. |
| 1973 |
The
league expands to over 900 players and 30 teams. |
| 1981 |
The
Coastal Valleys Youth Football Conference is
formed with chapters in Santa Barbara, Five
Cities, Nipomo, Orcutt, Santa Ynez, Lompoc and
Vandenberg Village. |
| 1982 |
Expansions
continues for a total of 23 chapters in the
conference. |
| 1993 |
The
conference splits into three conferences, the
Central Coast Youth Football Conference to the
north, the Pacific Youth Football Conference to
the south and the Coastal Valley Youth Football
Conference, the central conference, retaining
the original conference charter. |
| 1995 |
Santa
Barbara Youth Football League celebrated its
25-year anniversary. |
| 2001 |
Santa
Barbara Youth Football League entered its fourth
decade of service to the youth of the Santa
Barbara and Goleta areas with approximately 400
players on 14 teams. The Coastal Valley
Youth Football Conference entered its third
decade of youth football at its finest, with
chapters in Nipomo, Vandenberg Village, Santa
Ynez, Santa Barbara, Carpinteria and El Rio. |
| 2002 |
Santa
Barbara Youth Football League again hosts 14
teams. For the first time in history, Santa
Barbara enters five teams in the Super Bowl,
including, at least one from every division. |
| 2003 |
Santa
Barbara Youth Football League marks
a page in the history book, since the inception
of the CVYFC, with six Santa Barbara Chapter
teams in three divisions contending for the
Super Bowl Title. |
| 2004 |
Santa
Barbara Youth Football League hosts 16 teams
winning the Bantam and Senior Division Super
Bowl Championships. |
| 2005 |
The
Coastal Valley Youth Football Conference
welcomes Ojai to the conference. The CVYFC
now consists of Nipomo, Santa Ynez, Santa
Barbara, Carpinteria, El Rio and Ojai.
Santa Barbara Youth Football League enters 4
teams in the Super Bowl wining the Bantam,
Junior I and Senior Championships. |
| 2006 |
Santa
Barbara Youth Football League has over 400
players on 15 teams. Two Santa Barbara
Junior Two teams competed in the Super Bowl. |
| 2007 |
The
Santa Barbara board of directors elects the
first woman president. Santa Barbara was
represented in the Super Bowl in three divisions
winning the Bantam Championship. |
| 2008 |
The
Tri Valleys Youth Football Conference was
established and a new way of assigning players
to a division was born. Both Santa Barbara
Senior teams played for the Super Bowl
Championship |
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Santa Barbara Youth Football
League
P.O. Box 60348 Santa
Barbara California, 93160
(805)
964-7222 email:
info@sbyfl.org
Office Located at
Page Youth Center
4540 Hollister
Avenue
OFFICE HOURS
TUESDAYS & WEDNESDAYS
6-8PM
MISSION
STATEMENT
"To
provide the opportunity for youth to profit from physical, mental, moral
and spiritual
development using the great game of football as a catalyst."
Revised:
July 08, 2010
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