Al Lucas Award

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The Al Lucas Award was an award given to the Arena Football League Player of the Year by the Maxwell Football Club. [1] The award is named for Al Lucas, who died in an AFL game in 2005. [2] [3]

Previous winners

YearPlayerTeam
2004 Mark Grieb San Jose Sabercats
2005 Damian Harrell [4] Colorado Crush
2006 Clint Dolezel [5] Dallas Desperados
2007 Greg White [6] Orlando Predators

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References

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