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]
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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
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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: 30 December 2018
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