The Birmingham Vulcans were a professional American football team located in Birmingham, Alabama. They were members of the five-team Eastern Division of the World Football League (WFL). The Vulcans, founded in March 1975, played in the upstart league's second and final season in 1975. The team was owned by a group of Birmingham businessman with Ferd Weil as team president. The Vulcans name would be recycled for the Alabama Vulcans, a member of the American Football Association, in 1979.