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Revision as of 08:02, 17 February 2011
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| Year Founded | 1991 | ||||
| Year Retired | 2003 | ||||
| City | Barcelona, Spain | ||||
| Team Colors | Dark Green, Scarlet Red, Gold, White | ||||
| Franchise W-L-T Record | Regular Season: 59-51-0 Postseason: 2-4 | ||||
| Championships | |||||
World Bowls (1)
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The Barcelona Dragons were a team originally in the World League of American Football and later in the resurrected NFL Europe. Their home field in Barcelona was the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuic, the 1992 Olympic Stadium, and later the Mini Estadi. The Dragons were successful on the field, making it to 4 World Bowls (1991, 1997, 1999, 2001) and winning World Bowl V in 1997. The team was made part of the FC Barcelona organization in 2002 as the FC Barcelona Dragons. Despite these efforts, the franchise's fan support decreased and the team began to struggle financially. After the 2003 season, the Dragons were discontinued and they were replaced in the league by the Cologne Centurions.
For the entire duration of the Dragons' history they had only one head coach, "Cowboy" Jack Bicknell. His nickname was roughly translated by his adoptive city to El Caballero (meaning, literally, "The Knight" or "The Gentleman" in Spanish). From 1991-2002, Seymour "Red" Kelin was responsible for Defensive Coordinating duties. Bicknell and Kelin had been coaching together since their days at Boston College, where they helped lead the Eagles to a Cotton Bowl Classic victory in 1984.
Season-by-season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results | |
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| Barcelona Dragons (WLAF) | ||||||
| 1991 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2nd European Division | Won Round 1 Lost World Bowl I |
Barcelona 10, Birmingham 3 London 21, Barcelona 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1st European Division | Lost Playoffs | Sacramento 17, Barcelona 15 |
| 1993 | Did Not Play | |||||
| 1994 | ||||||
| Barcelona Dragons (World League) | ||||||
| 1995 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd League | -- | |
| 1996 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4th League | -- | |
| Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe) | ||||||
| 1997 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4th League | Won World Bowl V | |
| 1998 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th League | -- | |
| 1999 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1st League | Lost World Bowl VII (Galaxy) | |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd League | -- | |
| 2001 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1st League | Lost World Bowl IX (Thunder) | |
| FC Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe) | ||||||
| 2002 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6th League | -- | |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4th League | -- | |
| Totals | 61 | 55 | 0 | (including playoffs) | ||
Notable players
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- File:Flag of Spain.svg Jesús Angoy (1997-2003)
Marco Martos (1997-2003)- Bruce Clark (1991)
- Brian Finneran (1999)
- La'Roi Glover (1997)
- Tony Graziani (2000)
- Kelly Herndon (2000)
- Kelly Holcomb (1996)
- Jon Kitna (1997)
- Matt Lepsis (1999)
- Isaiah Mustafa (1998)
- Mike Maslowski (1999)
- Sean Morey (2000-2001,2003)
- Nick Murphy (2003)
- Eric Naposki (1991-1993,1995-1997)
- Brandon Noble (1998-1999)
- Lawrence Phillips (1999)
- Mike Ruth (1991)
- Gene Taylor (1991-1992)
- Keith Traylor (1995)
- Brad Trout (1999)
- Casey Weldon (1995)
