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National Football League Europe 1998

PWLTPFPAPct
Amsterdam Admirals10730205174.700
Frankfurt Galaxy10730177163.700
Rhein Fire10730198142.700
Barcelona Dragons10460185200.400
England Monarchs10370158205.300
SCOTTISH CLAYMORES10280153192.200

[12]

World Bowl VI (Frankfurt)
14.06.98Frankfurt Galaxy10Rhein Fire34

[2]

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

National Football League Europe 1999

PWLTPFPAPct
Barcelona Dragons10730263246.700
Frankfurt Galaxy10640239223.600
Rhein Fire10640286149.600
Amsterdam Admirals10460236243.400
SCOTTISH CLAYMORES10460270298.400
Berlin Thunder10370173308.300

[13]

Emmett Waldron, who was born in Cork played for the Scottish Claymores in 1999.
World Bowl VII (Dusseldorf)
27.06.99Barcelona Dragons24Frankfurt Galaxy38

[3]

National Football League Europe 2000

PWLTPFPAPct
RHEIN FIRE10730279209.700
Scottish Claymores10640273165.600
Barcelona Dragons10550194212.500
Amsterdam Admirals10460206243.400
Berlin Thunder10460189249.400
Frankfurt Galaxy10460206269.400

[14]

World Bowl VIII (Frankfurt)
25.06.2000Scottish Claymores10RHEIN FIRE13

[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

PWLTPFPAPct
Barcelona Dragons10820252191.800
Berlin Thunder10640270239.600
Rhein Fire10550174179.500
AMSTERDAM ADMIRALS10460194226.400
Scottish Claymores10460168188.400
Frankfurt Galaxy10370199234.300

[15]

World Bowl IX (Amsterdam)
30.06.2001Barcelona Dragons17Berlin Thunder24

[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

PWLTPFPAPct
Rhein Fire10730166156.700
Berlin Thunder10640231188.600
Frankfurt Galaxy10640189174.600
Scottish Claymores10550197172.500
Amsterdam Admirals10460218202.400
Barcelona Dragons10280202311.200

[16]

World Bowl X (Dusseldorf)
22.06.2002Rhein Fire20Berlin Thunder26

[6]

National Football League Europe 2003

PWLTPFPAPct
Frankfurt Galaxy10640252182.600
Rhein Fire10640189188.600
Scottish Claymores10640303190.600
Barcelona Dragons10550150221.500
Amsterdam Admirals10460230273.400
Berlin Thunder10370248318.300

[17]

World Bowl XI (Glasgow)
14.06.2003Frankfurt Galaxy35Rhein fire16

[7]

National Football League Europe 2004

PWLTPFPAPct
Berlin Thunder10910289195.900
Frankfurt Galaxy10730212192.700
Amsterdam Admirals10550173191.500
Cologne Centurions10460191201.400
Rhein Fire10370161178.300
Scottish Claymores10280128197.200

[18]

World Bowl XII (Gelsenkirchen)
12.06.2004Berlin Thunder30Frankfurt Galaxy24

[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

PWLTPFPAPct
Berlin Thunder10730241191.700
Amsterdam Admirals10640265207.600
Cologne Centurions10640188212.600
Hamburg Sea Devils10550213196.500
Frankfurt Galaxy10370163246.300
Rhein fire10370203224.300

Reference: [24]

World Bowl XIII (Dusseldorf)
11.06.2005Berlin Thunder21Amsterdam Admirals27

[9]

National Football League Europe 2006

PWLTPFPAPct
Amsterdam Admirals9720238200.778
Frankfurt Galaxy9630158174.667
Rhein Fire9540186155.556
Cologne Centurions9450141149.444
Hamburg Sea Devils9261160172.278
Berlin Thunder9261167227.278

Reference: [24]

World Bowl XIV (Dusseldorf)
27.05.2006Amsterdam Admirals7Frankfurt Galaxy22

[10]

National Football League Europa 2007

PWLTPFPAPct
Frankfurt Galaxy10730254179.700
Hamburg Sea Devils10730231176.700
Cologne Centurions10640205172.600
Amsterdam Admirals10460194250.400
Rhein Fire10460166212.400
Berlin Thunder10280146207.200

Reference: [24]

World Bowl XV (Frankfurt)
22.06.2007Hamburg Sea Devils37Frankfurt Galaxy28

[11]

Legend

Team ColourIrish Connection
GreenPlayer Born in Ireland
AzureAmerican Coach who coached in Ireland

Report

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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’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.

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Last Updated: 29 January 2019

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