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==Notable players==
 
==Notable players==
   
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Jesús Angoy]] (1997-2003)
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* [[Jesús Angoy]] (1997-2003)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Marco Martos (American football)|Marco Martos]] (1997-2003)
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* [[Marco Martos (American football)|Marco Martos]] (1997-2003)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bruce Clark (American football)|Bruce Clark]] (1991)
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* [[Bruce Clark (American football)|Bruce Clark]] (1991)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Finneran]] (1999)
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* [[Brian Finneran]] (1999)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[La'Roi Glover]] (1997)
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* [[La'Roi Glover]] (1997)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tony Graziani]] (2000)
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* [[Tony Graziani]] (2000)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kelly Herndon]] (2000)
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* [[Kelly Herndon]] (2000)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kelly Holcomb]] (1996)
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* [[Kelly Holcomb]] (1996)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jon Kitna]] (1997)
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* [[Jon Kitna]] (1997)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Matt Lepsis]] (1999)
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* [[Matt Lepsis]] (1999)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Isaiah Mustafa]] (1998)
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* [[Isaiah Mustafa]] (1998)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Maslowski]] (1999)
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* [[Mike Maslowski]] (1999)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Sean Morey (American football)|Sean Morey]] (2000-2001,2003)
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* [[Sean Morey (American football)|Sean Morey]] (2000-2001,2003)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Nick Murphy]] (2003)
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* [[Nick Murphy]] (2003)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Naposki]] (1991-1993,1995-1997)
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* [[Eric Naposki]] (1991-1993,1995-1997)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brandon Noble]] (1998-1999)
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* [[Brandon Noble]] (1998-1999)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lawrence Phillips]] (1999)
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* [[Lawrence Phillips]] (1999)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Ruth]] (1991)
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* [[Mike Ruth]] (1991)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Gene Taylor (American football)|Gene Taylor]] (1991-1992)
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* [[Gene Taylor (American football)|Gene Taylor]] (1991-1992)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Keith Traylor]] (1995)
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* [[Keith Traylor]] (1995)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brad Trout]] (1999)
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* [[Brad Trout]] (1999)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Casey Weldon]] (1995)
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* [[Casey Weldon]] (1995)
 
[[Category:Barcelona Dragons]]
 
[[Category:Barcelona Dragons]]
 
[[Category:NFL Europe teams]]
 
[[Category:NFL Europe teams]]

Latest revision as of 08:19, 17 February 2011

Barcelona Dragons
NFLE Dragons
Barcelona Dragons Logo svg
Helmet Logo
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)


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
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