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| Barcelona Dragons |
|
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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)
|
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 victory in 1984.
[edit] 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 |
Lost World Bowl I (Monarchs) |
| 1992 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
1st European Division |
Lost Playoffs (Surge) |
| 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) |
[edit] Notable players
Taylor was drafted by the New England Patriots in the 6th round (163rd overall) of the 1987 NFL Draft. Taylor when on to sign and play for two season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1987-88. Taylor signed with the San Francisco 49ers for the 1989 season but did not play a single down. After a season in the Canadian Football League playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1990 Taylor signed with the then Los Angeles Rams and was assigned to the Barcelona Dragons. Taylor was one of the WLAF's top ten pass receivers in 1991 and was to be NFL bound once again this time to the Kansas City Chiefs for the 1992 season.
Erney was signed by the NFL's Denver Broncos in 1990 but never played
Scott Erney (1991-1992)
Jesus Angoy (1997-2003)
Marco Martos (1997-2003)
