Category: Pan-European Leagues

American Football League of Europe 1993-1995

ELAF 1993

PWLTPFPAPct
Continental Conference
Hamburg Blue Devils330089621.000
Cologne Crocodiles10102131.000
Munich Cowboys1––––––
Manchester Euro Spartans30204158.000
UK Conference
EuroSteelers220046201.000
EuroRaiders21103636.500
EuroMonarchs21104652.500
EuroBears20203656.000
European League – Continental Conference Standings 1993 [Ref: Compiled from 1-3; 5-7; 11-13]
DateHome TeamAway Team
Semi-Finals
26.09.1993Hamburg Blue Devils41Euro Spartans0
26.09.1993Cologne Crocodiles36Munich Cowboys42 (2ot)
3rd PlaceVenue: Hamburg
02.10.1993Cologne CrocodilesEuro Spartans
FinalVenue: Hamburg
02.10.1993Hamburg Blue Devils53Munich Cowboys30
European League – Continental Conference Final Four Tournament 1993 [Ref: 4-5]
DateHome TeamAway Team
Semi-Finals
24.10.1993EuroSteelersLEuroBearsW
24.10.1993EuroRaidersWEuroMonarchsL
Final
31.10.1993EuroBears14EuroRaiders12
European League – UK Conference Final Standings 1993 [Ref: Compiled from 7-8]

FLE 1994

 PWLTPFPAPct
Northern Conference       
*Stockholm Nordic Vikings10910465228.900
*Hamburg Blue Devils10730339264.700
Berlin Bears10280278466.200
Helsinki Roosters9180163245.111
Central Conference       
*Munich Thunder9720253210.778
*Amsterdam Crusaders10640295280.600
Great Britain Spartans9450240262.444
Frankfurt Gamblers9270196284.222
Football League of Europe Standings 1994 [Ref: 14]
DateHome Team Away Team 
 Semi-Finals   
27.08.94Munich Thunder26Hamburg Blue Devils29
03.09.94Stockholm Nordic Vikings34Amsterdam Crusaders21
 Euro Super Bowl I   
17.09.94Hamburg Blue Devils35Stockholm Nordic Vikings43
Football League of Europe Playoff Results 1994 [Ref; 15]

AFLE 1995

 PWLTPFPAPct
*Bergamo Lions8710232178.875
*Stockholm Nordic Vikings8530239223.625
Amsterdam Crusaders85307890.625
Frankfurt Knights8350124140.375
Sheffield GB Spartans8080175235.000
Bavarian Blue Falcons000000.000
American Football League of Europe Standings 1995 [Ref: 23 Adjusted based on Results in 16-24]
DateHome Team Away Team 
 Euro-SuperBowl II   
02.09.1995Stockholm Nordic Vikings14Bergamo Lions0
American Football League of Europe Playoff Results [Ref: 23]

Report

The American Football League of Europe was a Professional American Football League that played under three different names over three seasons, filling in the gap between the demise of the World League of American Football, which played two seasons from 1991 to 1992 with seven teams in North America and three in Europe, and the WLAF’s revival as a Europe-only League in 1995.

The World League of American Football had been a Spring Development League in the United Statesof America, Canada and three countries in Europe, started by the National Football League as a much-needed development league, and also presumably to prevent a recurrence in the 1990s of another American Football League of the 1960s, World Football League of the 1970s and United States Football League of the 1980s.

The first season of the European League (ELAF) was played as two separate conferences, with a limited 1-3 games schedule per team. All four teams in each Conference (UK and Continental) reached the Conference Finals Tournament (won by Hamburg Blue Devils and EuroBears). The UK Conference was made up of four teams started by Terry Smith of the Manchester Spartans, all of which were named after NFL teams which the prefix Euro- added to avoid confusion. One was named the EuroMonarchs after the WLAF team in London.

The League became a full scheduled League in 1994, named the Football League of Europe, again with two conferences of four teams, Northern and Central, won by the Stockholm Nordic Vikings and Munich Thunder. The Nordic Vikings defeated the Hamburg Blue Devils 43-35 in the EuroSuperBowl.

The League renamed itself the American Football League of Europe in 1995, but suffered from the restart of the WLAF as a Europe-only league by the NFL. Only five teams started the season that year with the Munich team, Bavarian Blue Falcons dropping out just before the scheduled start. Playing in one conference of five, the EuroSuperBowl II was won again by the Stockholm Nordic Vikings 14-0 over the Bergamo Lions of Italy.

References

Newspapers

[1] Berry, Lee (1993) “Spartans Humbled in Hamburg” First Down. May 15, 1993. pg. 17

[2] (1993) “Happy Campers” First Down. August 14, 1993. pg. 20

[3] Berry, Lee (1993) “Germans Get Away with Blue Murder” First Down. August 28, 1993. pg. 18.

[4] Berry, Lee (1993) “Spartans humble” First Down. October 2, 1993. pg. ??.

Internet Archive

[5] Hamburg Blue Devils Fansite| Wayback Machine (2000) Die Hamburg Blue Devils 1992-2000 {internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19991012165353/http://devils.de/ [Accessed 13 June 2020]

[6] Cologne Crocodiles (2020) Seniors Saison 1993 [Internet] Available from: https://cologne-crocodiles.de/seniors-saison-1993/ [Accessed 13 June 2020]

Newspapers

[7] Berry, Lee (1993) “They said it couldn’t be done” First Down. October 16, 1993. pg. 20

[8] Berry, Lee (1993) “Nuttall mints it with Raiders” First Down. October 16, 1993. pg. 20.

[9] Berry, Lee (1993) “Semi-Conscience” First Down. October 23, 1993. pg. 20.

[10] Berry, Lee (1993) “Near-Miss!” First Down. November 6, 1993. pg. 21.

Internet Archive

[11] Hamburg Blue Devils | Wayback Machine (1999) Devils History 1993 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19991012165353/http://devils.de/ +[Accessed 13 June 2020]

[12] Cologne Crocodiles (2020) Seniors Saison 1993 [Internet] Available from: https://cologne-crocodiles.de/seniors-saison-1993/ [Accessed 14 June 2020]

[13] Football-History (2020) GFL 1993 [Internet] Available from: http://www.football-history.de/?fbclid=IwAR2E2J86wMTRYljCjLjwKPjOJOzZHRXsNAo8sSrwuvh5UtckiLU_QLSTQGU [Accessed 14 June 2020]

Websites

[14] Google Groups – rec.sport.football.misc (1994) Message by Ludwig Alberter – 5 September 1994 [Internet] Available from: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.sport.football.misc/oNVilaWhNSY [Accessed 21 August 2018]

[15] Google Groups – rec.sport.football.misc (1994) Message by Dominik Kubla – 5 November 1994 [Internet] Available from: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.sport.football.misc/BRx_xxVsAoY [Accessed 21 August 2018]

Sources

[16] FD Reporter (1995) “Terry Launches Second Coming” First Down, May 20, 1995, P. 18.

[17] Rowlands, Neil (1995) “It’s back to the good old Haze!” First Down, May 27, 1995, P. 22.

[18] Anon. (1995) “I’ll give any unhappy fans money back” First Down, June 10, 1995, P. 18.

[19] Myatt, Steve (1995) “Sedin Death!” First Down, June 17, 1995, P. 21.

[20] Myatt, Steve (1995) “Defensive Disaster sees Spartans crumble to 0-5” First Down, July 15, 1995, P. 18.

[21] Anon. (1995) “We can bounce back, says Tel” First Down, July 1, 1995, P. 18.

[22] FD Reporter (1995) “Sitting on the dock of a bay” First Down, August 5, 1995, P. 19.

Online Encyclopedia

[23] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2019) American Football League Europe 1995 [Internet] Available from: http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1995_afle_eur.pdf [Accessed 4 December 2019]

News Groups

[24] Google Groups | rec.sport.football.misc (1995) [FLE] Schedule of 1995 Season | Post by Domink Kubla 27 May 1995 [Internet] Available from: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.sport.football.misc/6Y8ECEnsSi0 [Accessed 8 August 2018]

[25] Google Groups | rec.sport.football.misc (1995) [FLE] Latest News and first result | Post by Domink Kubla 2 June 1995 [Internet] Available from: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.sport.football.misc/j1J9u7pcYPo [Accessed 8 August 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ralph Schmeer (Irish American Football Officials Association)

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 21 June 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.

National Football League Europe 1998-2007

National Football League Europe 1998

 

  P W L T PF PA Pct
Amsterdam Admirals 10 7 3 0 205 174 .700
Frankfurt Galaxy 10 7 3 0 177 163 .700
Rhein Fire 10 7 3 0 198 142 .700
Barcelona Dragons 10 4 6 0 185 200 .400
England Monarchs 10 3 7 0 158 205 .300
SCOTTISH CLAYMORES 10 2 8 0 153 192 .200

[12]

 

  World Bowl VI   (Frankfurt)  
14.06.98 Frankfurt Galaxy 10 Rhein Fire 34

[2]

Emmett Waldron, who was born in Cork played for the Scottish Claymores in 1998.

National Football League Europe 1999

 

  P W L T PF PA Pct
Barcelona Dragons 10 7 3 0 263 246 .700
Frankfurt Galaxy 10 6 4 0 239 223 .600
Rhein Fire 10 6 4 0 286 149 .600
Amsterdam Admirals 10 4 6 0 236 243 .400
SCOTTISH CLAYMORES 10 4 6 0 270 298 .400
Berlin Thunder 10 3 7 0 173 308 .300

[13]

Emmett Waldron, who was born in Cork played for the Scottish Claymores in 1999.

  World Bowl VII   (Dusseldorf)  
27.06.99 Barcelona Dragons 24 Frankfurt Galaxy 38

[3]

 

National Football League Europe 2000

 

  P W L T PF PA Pct
RHEIN FIRE 10 7 3 0 279 209 .700
Scottish Claymores 10 6 4 0 273 165 .600
Barcelona Dragons 10 5 5 0 194 212 .500
Amsterdam Admirals 10 4 6 0 206 243 .400
Berlin Thunder 10 4 6 0 189 249 .400
Frankfurt Galaxy 10 4 6 0 206 269 .400

[14]

 

  World Bowl VIII   (Frankfurt)  
25.06.2000 Scottish Claymores 10 RHEIN FIRE 13

[4]

Jeff Reinebold who coached a clinic for Irish Players and Coaches in Dublin in 2010, was Special Teams Co-Ordinator and Defensive Backs Coach for the Rhein Fire in 2000.

National Football League Europe 2001

 

  P W L T PF PA Pct
Barcelona Dragons 10 8 2 0 252 191 .800
Berlin Thunder 10 6 4 0 270 239 .600
Rhein Fire 10 5 5 0 174 179 .500
AMSTERDAM ADMIRALS 10 4 6 0 194 226 .400
Scottish Claymores 10 4 6 0 168 188 .400
Frankfurt Galaxy 10 3 7 0 199 234 .300

[15]

 

  World Bowl IX   (Amsterdam)  
30.06.2001 Barcelona Dragons 17 Berlin Thunder 24

[5]

Jeff Reinebold who coached a clinic for Irish Players and Coaches in Dublin in 2010, was Special Teams Co-Ordinator and Defensive Backs Coach for the Amsterdam Admirals in 2001.

National Football League Europe 2002

 

  P W L T PF PA Pct
Rhein Fire 10 7 3 0 166 156 .700
Berlin Thunder 10 6 4 0 231 188 .600
Frankfurt Galaxy 10 6 4 0 189 174 .600
Scottish Claymores 10 5 5 0 197 172 .500
Amsterdam Admirals 10 4 6 0 218 202 .400
Barcelona Dragons 10 2 8 0 202 311 .200

[16]

 

  World Bowl X   (Dusseldorf)  
22.06.2002 Rhein Fire 20 Berlin Thunder 26

[6]

 

National Football League Europe 2003

 

  P W L T PF PA Pct
Frankfurt Galaxy 10 6 4 0 252 182 .600
Rhein Fire 10 6 4 0 189 188 .600
Scottish Claymores 10 6 4 0 303 190 .600
Barcelona Dragons 10 5 5 0 150 221 .500
Amsterdam Admirals 10 4 6 0 230 273 .400
Berlin Thunder 10 3 7 0 248 318 .300

[17]

 

  World Bowl XI   (Glasgow)  
14.06.2003 Frankfurt Galaxy 35 Rhein fire 16

[7]

 

National Football League Europe 2004

 

  P W L T PF PA Pct
Berlin Thunder 10 9 1 0 289 195 .900
Frankfurt Galaxy 10 7 3 0 212 192 .700
Amsterdam Admirals 10 5 5 0 173 191 .500
Cologne Centurions 10 4 6 0 191 201 .400
Rhein Fire 10 3 7 0 161 178 .300
Scottish Claymores 10 2 8 0 128 197 .200

[18]

 

  World Bowl XII   (Gelsenkirchen)  
12.06.2004 Berlin Thunder 30 Frankfurt Galaxy 24

[8]

Jeff Reinebold who coached a clinic for Irish Players and Coaches in Dublin in 2010, was made NFL Europe’s Senior Manager of International Player Development.

National Football League Europe 2005

 

  P W L T PF PA Pct
Berlin Thunder 10 7 3 0 241 191 .700
Amsterdam Admirals 10 6 4 0 265 207 .600
Cologne Centurions 10 6 4 0 188 212 .600
Hamburg Sea Devils 10 5 5 0 213 196 .500
Frankfurt Galaxy 10 3 7 0 163 246 .300
Rhein fire 10 3 7 0 203 224 .300

Reference: [24]

 

  World Bowl XIII   (Dusseldorf)  
11.06.2005 Berlin Thunder 21 Amsterdam Admirals 27

[9]

 

National Football League Europe 2006

 

  P W L T PF PA Pct
Amsterdam Admirals 9 7 2 0 238 200 .778
Frankfurt Galaxy 9 6 3 0 158 174 .667
Rhein Fire 9 5 4 0 186 155 .556
Cologne Centurions 9 4 5 0 141 149 .444
Hamburg Sea Devils 9 2 6 1 160 172 .278
Berlin Thunder 9 2 6 1 167 227 .278

Reference: [24]

 

  World Bowl XIV   (Dusseldorf)  
27.05.2006 Amsterdam Admirals 7 Frankfurt Galaxy 22

[10]

 

National Football League Europa 2007

 

  P W L T PF PA Pct
Frankfurt Galaxy 10 7 3 0 254 179 .700
Hamburg Sea Devils 10 7 3 0 231 176 .700
Cologne Centurions 10 6 4 0 205 172 .600
Amsterdam Admirals 10 4 6 0 194 250 .400
Rhein Fire 10 4 6 0 166 212 .400
Berlin Thunder 10 2 8 0 146 207 .200

Reference: [24]

 

  World Bowl XV   (Frankfurt)  
22.06.2007 Hamburg Sea Devils 37 Frankfurt Galaxy 28

[11]

Legend

Team Colour Irish Connection
Green Player Born in Ireland
Azure American Coach who coached in Ireland

Report

_______________________________________________________

 

Emmett Waldron – Player – Scottish Claymores 1996-1999 (Born in Cork):

Emmett Waldron was born in Cork and played NCAA football for Rice University before signing for the Scottish Claymores in 1996 – the same year as Scottish Rugby Union captain Gavin Hastings. His father was an Irish Rugby Interprovincial player. In his first year at the Claymores he would have earned £25,000 as well as bonuses and travelling expenses. He played four years for the Claymores as a linebacker. He was the first Irish player to play professional American Football in the NFL in a skilled position since the 1920s .[20]

Jeff Reinebold – Coach – Rhein Fire 1995, 2000, Amsterdam Admirals 2001, NFL Europe Senior Management 2004 (Coached Irish Coaches and Players at a Clinic in Dublin in 2010)

Jeff Reinebold NFL Europe Coach

Jeff Reinebold’s Connections to Ireland include coaching Irish coaches abnd players at a clinicc in Dublin from 19th-21st July 2010. He was born in South Bend, Indiana, where the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are based. He began his coaching in Western Montana College in 1981 at 24 years of age.

In 1995 he coached at Rhein Fire in the World League of American Football. He returned to the Rhein Fire in the rebranded National Football League Europe in 2000 as Special Teams Co-Ordinator and Defensive Backs Coach, winning the world Bowl that year.

In 2001 he moved to the Amsterdam Admirals as Defensive Back Coach, and Special Teams Co-Ordinator. In 2004 he became the NFL Europe League’s Senior Manager of International Player Development, before returning to the Canadian Football League to coach.

While he was coaching in Europe, 11 of the Defensive Backs he coached ended up on NFL rosters.

[19]

Newspapers

 

[20] Naughton, Lindie (1996) US FOOTBALL Evening Herald. Thursday, 29 February 1996. pg 62 [Internet] Available from: http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/Print.Article.aspx?mode=image&href=EHD%2F1996%2F02%2F29&id=Ar06206 [Accessed 5 July 2017]

 

Websites

 

[1] Growth of a Game (2014) NFL Europe Logos [Internet] Available from: https://www.growthofagame.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/NFL-Europe-Logo.jpg [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[2] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 1998 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id173.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[3] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 1999 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id174.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[4] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2000 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id175.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[5] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2001 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id176.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[6] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2002 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id177.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[7] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2003 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id178.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[8] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id179.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[9] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2005 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id180.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[10] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2006 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id181.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[11] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2007 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id182.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[12] Scottish Claymores (1998)1998 Season [Internet] Available from: http://www.esspeedee.com/claymores/1998.php [Accessed 19 October 2017]

[13] Scottish Claymores (1999)1999 Season [Internet] Available from: http://www.esspeedee.com/claymores/1999.php [Accessed 19 October 2017]

[14] Scottish Claymores (1999)2000 Season [Internet] Available from: http://www.esspeedee.com/claymores/2000.php [Accessed 19 October 2017]

[15] Scottish Claymores (1999)2001 Season [Internet] Available from: http://www.esspeedee.com/claymores/2001.php [Accessed 19 October 2017]

[16] Scottish Claymores (1999)2002 Season [Internet] Available from: http://www.esspeedee.com/claymores/2002.php [Accessed 19 October 2017]

[17] Scottish Claymores (1999)2003 Season [Internet] Available from: http://www.esspeedee.com/claymores/1999.php [Accessed 19 October 2017]

[18] Scottish Claymores (1999)2004 Season [Internet] Available from: http://www.esspeedee.com/claymores/2004.php [Accessed 19 October 2017]

[19] Football Database (2017) Emmett Waldron Career Stats [Internet] Available from: https://www.footballdb.com/players/emmett-waldron-waldrem01/stats [Accessed 2 December 2017]

[20] Irish American Football Association (2010) Jeff Reinebold to give clinics in Ireland [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/jeff-reinebold-to-give-clinics-in-ireland/ [Accessed 3 August 2018]

[21] Irish American Football Association (2010) Jeff Reinebold to give clinics in Ireland – Picture [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/1945124.jpg [Accessed 3 August 2018]

[22] American Football International (2015) The Never Ending Football Journey of Jeff Reinebold [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/the-never-ending-football-journey-of-jeff-reinebold/ [accessed 4 August 2018]

[23] Wikipedia (2018) Jeff Reinebold [Internet] Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Reinebold [Accessed 4 August 2018]

[24] Britball Now (2018) Historical League Tables | NFL Europe [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/historical-league-tables-in/ [Accessed 28 December 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laura Shadbolt.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 30 December 2018

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and INAWSA 2018

You may quote this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.