The World League of American Football, later renamed the NFL Europe League and then NFL Europa, was a professional American football league that operated between 1991 and 2007. It was backed by the National Football League (NFL), the largest league in the United States. Each season culminated with the World Bowl.
The Hamburg Sea Devils were an American football team that played in NFL Europe from 2005 to 2007. They played their home games at Hamburg's Volksparkstadion. They played their first game on 2 April 2005 losing 24–23 to the Cologne Centurions. The Sea Devils' first win came in Week 3 of the 2005 season, with a 31–24 home victory over the then-struggling Rhein Fire.
Marcus James Maxwell is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon.
Casey Bramlet is a former professional gridiron football quarterback. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wyoming.
World Bowl XV was NFL Europa's 2007 championship game, and the final game in the league's history. It was played at Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany on Saturday, June 23, 2007. The defending World Bowl champion Frankfurt Galaxy (7–3) hosted the Hamburg Sea Devils (7–3) in their own home stadium.
Vince Martino is an American football coach. Most recently, he served as offensive line coach for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. Previously, Martino spent fifteen seasons in NFL Europe, including a stint as head coach of the Hamburg Sea Devils.
Rick Lantz is a former American football coach. He served as the interim head football coach at the United States Naval Academy for three games 2001, following the firing of Charlie Weatherbie. He was formerly a widely recognized defensive coordinator in the college football ranks and held high-profile jobs at the University of Virginia and the University of Louisville. He also served as an assistant coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Miami, the University at Buffalo, and Boston University.
The 2007 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the 15th and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Mike Jones in his fourth year, and played its home games at Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. They finished the regular season in second place with a record of seven wins and three losses. In World Bowl XV, Frankfurt lost to the Hamburg Sea Devils 37–28. The National Football League (NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29.
The 2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the third and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Vince Martino in his first year, and played its home games at AOL Arena in Hamburg, Germany. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses. Hamburg won the first championship in team history by defeating the Frankfurt Galaxy 37–28. The National Football League (NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29.
The 2006 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the second season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Jack Bicknell in his second year, and played its home games at AOL Arena in Hamburg, Germany. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of three wins, six losses and one tie.
The 2005 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Jack Bicknell, and played its home games at AOL Arena in Hamburg, Germany. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of five wins and five losses.
Brandon Rayshun Reed is a former American football defensive back who played one season with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He played college football at Troy University and attended Russell County High School in Seale, Alabama. He was also a member of the Hamburg Sea Devils, New York Jets, Orlando Predators and Tampa Bay Storm.
Kasim Edebali is a German-American professional American football defensive end for the European League of Football's Hamburg Sea Devils. He played college football at Boston College and was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2014.
The 2007 NFL Europa season was the 15th season in 17 years of the American Football league that started out as the World League of American Football. 2007 was the first season the league was known as NFL Europa after being called NFL Europe since 1998. The NFL folded the league after the 2007 season.
Justin Curtis Smith is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and St. Louis Rams. He played college football at Indiana University Bloomington and attended Warren Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was also a member of the Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers, Amsterdam Admirals, Chicago Bears and Hamburg Sea Devils.
The European League of Football (ELF) is a professional American football league. The league consists of 12 teams located in Germany, Poland, Spain, Austria and Turkey, with plans to expand to at least 20 teams in future years. The new league was officially created in November 2020, and kicked off on 19 June 2021.
Patrick Esume (/e:'su:mə/) - born February 3, 1974, in Hamburg, West Germany) is a German American Football coach, commentator, TV-announcer and former player. He is the Commissioner of the European League of Football which started play in 2021.
The 2021 ELF season is the inaugural season of the European League of Football, a newly formed professional American football league based in Europe. It started on June 19, 2021, and ended with a Championship Game in Düsseldorf's Merkur Spiel-Arena, on September 26, 2021.
The Hamburg Sea Devils are an American football team in Hamburg, Germany, that plays in the European League of Football (ELF).
The Frankfurt Galaxy are an American football team in Frankfurt, Germany, that plays in the European League of Football (ELF).
