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USA David Elmore

a.k.a. "David G. Elmore"
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David Gant Elmore made his fortune in life insurance business, real estate and tourism, followed by the creation of Elmore Sports Group. He and his wife Donna Tuttle owned many minor league baseball and hockey franchises.

The franchises included his longest operating hockey team, the Utah Grizzlies. The team started as an IHL franchise in Denver, Colorado, but it moved to West Valley City, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah, making way for the Québec Nordiques that became the Colorado Avalanche. After the IHL ceased operations, the franchise moved to the AHL.

Elmore also owned two ECHL franchises. He bought the Richmond Renegades from Allan Harvie on June 30, 1993. He sold the franchise to CCF Sports Group, an investor group consisting of investment bankers Joe Carney, Brian Cohn and Harry Feuerstein, on July 9, 1994.

He bought another ECHL franchise, the Huntsville Blast from Larry Revo on May 25, 1994 and relocated it to Tallahassee, Florida. This franchise was relocated a number of time, operating as the Tallahassee Tiger Sharks, the Macon Whoopee and the Lexington Men O'War. It became the Utah Grizzlies after he decided to move his team from the AHL to the ECHL. He sold the dormant AHL franchise to Dan Gilbert on May 17, 2006.

He also acquired two CHL franchises, the Fort Worth Fire and the San Antonio Iguanas, from Horn Chen in September 1998. He folded the Fire only after one season, citing poor attendance. He folded the Iguanas three seasons later after the San Antonio Spurs and the Florida Panthers teamed up to acquire a dormant AHL franchise, the Adirondack Red Wings, and bring it to the city as the San Antonio Rampage.

His last investment in hockey was a junior hockey franchise, the Idaho Falls Spud Kings. He died on June 7, 2023.

Team Staff History
S Team League Role on Team Notes
1993-94 Richmond Renegades ECHL Franchise Owner
1994-95 Tallahassee Tiger Sharks ECHL Franchise Owner
Denver Grizzlies IHL Franchise Owner
1995-96 Utah Grizzlies IHL Franchise Owner
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks ECHL Franchise Owner
1996-97 Utah Grizzlies IHL Franchise Owner
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks ECHL Franchise Owner
1997-98 Utah Grizzlies IHL Franchise Owner
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks ECHL Franchise Owner
1998-99 Utah Grizzlies IHL Franchise Owner
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks ECHL Franchise Owner
Fort Worth Fire CHL Franchise Owner
San Antonio Iguanas CHL Franchise Owner
1999-00 Utah Grizzlies IHL Franchise Owner
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks ECHL Franchise Owner
San Antonio Iguanas CHL Franchise Owner
2000-01 Utah Grizzlies IHL Franchise Owner
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks ECHL Franchise Owner Leased the franchise to Michel Cadrin
San Antonio Iguanas CHL Franchise Owner
2001-02 Utah Grizzlies AHL Franchise Owner
San Antonio Iguanas CHL Franchise Owner
Macon Whoopee ECHL Franchise Owner
2002-03 Utah Grizzlies AHL Franchise Owner
Lexington Men O'War ECHL Franchise Owner Leased the franchise to M. Cadrin and J. Gagnon
2003-04 Utah Grizzlies AHL Franchise Owner
2004-05 Utah Grizzlies AHL Franchise Owner
2005-06 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2006-07 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2007-08 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2008-09 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2009-10 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2010-11 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2011-12 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2012-13 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2013-14 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2014-15 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2015-16 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2016-17 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2017-18 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2018-19 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2019-20 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2020-21 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2021-22 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
2022-23 Utah Grizzlies ECHL Franchise Owner
Idaho Falls Spud Kings USPHL Premier Franchise Owner
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