Al Lucas Award

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The Al Lucas Award is awarded 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]

Arena Football League

The Arena Football League (AFL) is a professional indoor American football league in the United States. It was founded in 1987 by Jim Foster, making it the third longest-running professional football league in North America, after the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the National Football League (NFL). The AFL plays a proprietary code known as arena football, a form of indoor American football played on a 66-by-28 yard field, with rules encouraging offensive performance, resulting in a faster-paced and higher-scoring game. The sport was invented in the early 1980s and patented by Foster, a former executive of the United States Football League (USFL) and the NFL.

The Maxwell Football Club was established in 1935 to promote safety in the game of American football. Named in honor of Robert W. (Tiny) Maxwell, legendary college player, official, and sports columnist, the club was founded by his friend Bert Bell, then owner of the Philadelphia Eagles professional football team and later commissioner of the National Football League. The awards are presented during the spring of the following year.

Al Lucas (American football) American football player

Albert Lucas was an American football player in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL) who died from a game-related spinal cord injury while playing for the Los Angeles Avengers.

Previous winners

Year Player Team
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

  1. "Al Lucas Dies in Arena Football Accident". Outsidethebeltway.com. 2005-04-11. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  2. "Lucas, 26, suffered apparent spinal cord injury - arena - ESPN". Sports.espn.go.com. 2005-04-11. Retrieved 2014-03-02.