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June 10, 2022October 29, 2023

Tadgh Leader Irish-born Professional American and Canadian Football Player 2021-2022

Player Details and Statistics

#: 76
Name: Tadgh Leader
Nationality: Ireland
Position: Kicker, Punter
Height: 6'02
Weight: 205
Past Teams: Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Panthers Wroclaw
Leagues: European League of Football East Division, CFL Canadian Football League East Division
Seasons: 2021, Preseason 2022

CFL Canadian Football League East Division

Season	Team	FG	Safety	PAT	2XP	TD	Comp	Att	Rush Yds	Rec	Rec Yds	Int	Lng	Fum	Lost
Preseason 2022	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

European League of Football East Division

Season	Team	FG	Safety	PAT	2XP	TD	Comp	Att	Rush Yds	Rec	Rec Yds	Int	Lng	Fum	Lost
2021	Panthers Wroclaw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Total

Season	FG	Safety	PAT	2XP	TD	Comp	Att	Rush Yds	Rec	Rec Yds	Int	Lng	Fum	Lost
Total

[References: 1-21]

Biography

Born: Galway, Ireland, 1 March 1992.

College: International (Ireland); Lindenwood University (USA).

Professional Career: Connacht Rugby (Pro 12 Rugby); New England Free Jacks (Major League Rugby, 2019); Aviators (The Spring League 2021); Panthers Wroclaw (European League of Football 2021); Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Canadian Football League Preseason 2022)

Former Connacht Rugby player Tadgh Leader was born in Galway, Ireland. At the age of 15 he and his brother Darragh headed out to kick some Rugby balls at their local pitch on Christmas Day. His dad, a former Galwegians RFC Rugby player made a bet with them that they could not kick the ball over the bars from the halfway line. Both Tadgh and his brother Darragh won €50 each.

Tadgh went on to play Rugby Professionally for Connacht and Darragh now lives in USA where he coaches at Clemson University Tigers. Tadhg suffered a number of injuries during his last few years at Connacht and after playing in Italy he ended up studying in USA and playing for both New England Free Jacks in Major League Rugby and making his Test debut for USA Eagles Rugby Union National Team.

Tadgh was signed up to play another year of Rugby Union in 2021 when the kicker started kicking American Footballs for fun. People took notice and said he should try out for American Football teams and so he went off to San Diego where he was kicking alongside Super Bowl-winning athletes. Unsure of his own ability he asked John Carney, who has 23 years of experience kicking Footballs and Carney said he could mix it with the NFL players.

Before long Leader found himself playing for the Aviators in The Spring League in USA. The Aviatiors, one of four teams based in Indianapolis, a COVID-19 Pod and one of two Pods in the 8-team league in 2021 finished with an 0-6 record in 2021. On May 7 versus Alphas Tadgh Leader scored the first points of his American Football career kicking a Field Goal to make the score Aviators 3 Alphas 7 at Halftime.

After spending Spring in Indianapolis with the Aviators Tadgh signed for Panthers Wroclaw in the European League of Football, making his debut on August 1 in a 31-33 loss at Cologne Centurions. Tadhg scored a 35-yard Field Goal in that game to make the score 16-7 [References: 7-8] On August 22 he kicked a 52-yard Field Goal, his personal highlight in a 30-24 victory at Hamburg Sea Devils [References: 9-10]. The Hamburg game was his fourth of the ELF season [References: 11]. Panthers Wroclaw finished the season with three straight wins to finish on 6-4 and reached the Playoffs where they lost to Hamburg Sea Devils 27-30.

In March 2022 Leader signed for Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League, scoring the winning Field Goal with seconds left in the Ti-Cats opening preseason game versus Montreal Alouettes. After their second and last preseason game of the 2022 season where Leader sat on the bench and did not feature, Tadgh was released. [References: 15-21]

Note: Video Clip of Tadhg’s 52-yard FG versus Hamburg Sea Devils can be seen by clicking the link in Reference Number 9 below the Standing Section:

The Spring League 2021

The Spring League 2021	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
TSL North (Indianapolis)
Linemen (C)	6	5	1	0	177	117	.833
Conquerors	6	4	2	0	164	118	.667
Alphas	6	3	3	0	118	137	.500
Aviators	6	0	6	0	53	140	.000
TSL South (Houston)
Jousters (C)	6	4	2	0	121	62	.667
Generals	6	4	2	0	131	104	.667
Blues	6	3	3	0	78	107	.500
Sea Lions	6	1	5	0	90	141	.250

[References: Compiled from results in 2]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Mega Bowl Championship		Rice Stadium, Houston, TX
19/06/2021	Linemen	26	Jousters	23

[References: 2]

European League of Football Autumn 2021

European League of Football Division North 2021

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Streak
1	Hamburg Sea Devils	7	3	0.700	274	178	L2
2	Panthers Wroclaw	6	4	0.600	314	259	W3
3	Leipzig Kings	5	5	0.500	295	320	L1
4	Berlin Thunder	3	7	0.300	228	289	W1

European League of Football Division South 2021

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Streak
1	Frankfurt Galaxy	9	1	0.900	357	132	W9
2	Cologne Centurions	5	5	0.500	320	365	L1
3	Barcelona Dragons	3	7	0.300	230	277	L2
4	Stuttgart Surge	2	8	0.200	157	355	L6

European League of Football Playoffs 2021


Match Day Semi-Finals
September 11, 2021 (Semi-Finals) 36 - 6 N/A Frankfurt Galaxy vs Cologne Centurions
September 12, 2021 (Semi-Finals) 30 - 27 N/A Hamburg Sea Devils vs Panthers Wroclaw
Match Day Championship Game
September 26, 2021 (Championship Game) 32 - 30 N/A Frankfurt Galaxy vs Hamburg Sea Devils

[References: 12-13]

CFL Canadian Football League Preseason 2022

CFL Canadian Football League East Division Preseason 2022

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
1	Ottawa REDBLACKS	1	1	0.500	49	44	5	L1
2	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	1	1	0.500	42	41	1	L1
3	Montreal Alouettes	1	1	0.500	50	51	-1	W1
4	Toronto Argonauts	1	1	0.500	35	40	-5	W1

CFL Canadian Football League West Division Preseason 2022

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
1	Calgary Stampeders	2	0	1.000	78	13	65	W2
2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	1	1	0.500	45	46	-1	W1
3	Edmonton Elks	1	1	0.500	37	57	-20	L1
4	Saskatchewan Roughriders	0	1	0.000	16	25	-9	L1
5	British Columbia Lions	0	1	0.000	6	41	-35	L1

[References: 15-21]

Tadgh Leader CFL Games Log

Results

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Hamilton Tiger-Cats	7	3	9	6	25
Montreal Alouettes	9	6	0	8	23

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

#	Player	Position	FG	Safety	PAT	2XP	TD	Comp	Att	Pass Yds	Rush Att	Rush Yds	Rec	Rec Yds	Int	Lng	Fum	Lost	FR	Tckl	Solo	Asst	Sack	PR	KR	Punt	PYds	PAvg	BFG	OR
76	Tadgh Leader	Kicker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Montreal Alouettes

Position	FG	Safety	PAT	2XP	TD	Comp	Att	Pass Yds	Rush Att	Rush Yds	Rec	Rec Yds	Int	Lng	Fum	Lost	FR	Tckl	Solo	Asst	Sack	PR	KR	Punt	PYds	PAvg	BFG	OR
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References (WEBSITES)

[1] The 42 (2021) The former Connacht man now trying to make it as an NFL kicker [Internet] Available from: https://www.the42.ie/tadhg-leader-connacht-nfl-5425042-May2021/ [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[2] The Liberty (2021) Leader and Mayo: Meet the two Irishmen with the NFL in their sights [Internet] Available from: https://www.theliberty.ie/2021/12/01/leader-and-mayo-meet-the-two-irishmen-with-the-nfl-in-their-sights/?fbclid=IwAR1g3KnLD1lmr5GsnTTOrYiBJpVYPuyZzhjcgWKz54lKAc1ychvTjBiYwqA [Accessed 3 December 2021]

TSL Career References

[3] The Spring League (2021) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://thespringleague.com/?page_id=5732 [Accessed 20 June 2021]

[4] The Spring League (2021) Aviators [Internet] Available from: https://www.thespringleague.com/?page_id=5809 [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[5] The Spring League (2021) Post, May 7 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/thespringleague/posts/306326787531251 [Accessed 3 December 2021]

ELF Career References

[6] Rugby Players Ireland (2021) The Journey Continues for Tadhg Leader [Internet] Available from: [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[7] Tadhg Leader Facebook (2021) Post, July 30, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tadhg.leader/posts/4428767077162803 [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[8] Tadhg Leader Facebook (2021) Post, August 3, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tadhg.leader/posts/4440139309358913 [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[9] European League of Football (2021) Video, August 26, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=4160723400714711 [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[10] Tadhg Leader Facebook (2021) Post, August 26, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tadhg.leader/posts/4511404508899059 [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[11] Tadhg Leader Facebook (2021) Post, September 1, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tadhg.leader/posts/4530606193645557 [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[12] European League of Football (2021) Stats [Internet] Available from: https://europeanleague.football/stats [Accessed 10 November 2021]

[13] European League of Football (2021) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://europeanleague.football/schedule [Accessed 11 July 2021]

CFL Career References

LOGOS [1] Sports Logos (2021) 2757__canadian_football_league-primary-2016 [Internet] Available from: https://content.sportslogos.net/logos/8/2573/full/2757__canadian_football_league-primary-2016.png [Accessed 31 July 2021] REFERENCES

[15] Canadian Football League (2021) Schedule 2022 [Internet] Available from: https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/2022/ [Accessed 18 December 2021]

[16] Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2022) Tadhg Leader [Internet] Available from: https://ticats.ca/video/may-28-tadhg-leader [Accessed 10 June 2022]

[17] Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2022) Transactions [Internet] Available from: https://ticats.ca/article/tiger-cats-transactions-june-5 [Accessed 10 June 2022]

[18] Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2022) Tiger-Cats add Global Kicker Leader [Internet] Available from: https://ticats.ca/article/tiger-cats-add-global-kicker-leader [Accessed 10 June 2022]

[19] Canadian Football League (2022) Schedule Preseason 2022 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 25 Montreal Alouettes 23 Box-Score [Internet] Available from: https://www.cfl.ca/games/6206/montreal-alouettes-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/?_ga=2.173484064.2086368179.1654856618-1214091020.1654856618#boxscore [Accessed 10 June 2022]

[20] Canadian Football League (2022) Schedule Preseason 2022 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 25 Montreal Alouettes 23 Play-by-Play [Internet] Available from: https://www.cfl.ca/games/6206/montreal-alouettes-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats/?_ga=2.173484064.2086368179.1654856618-1214091020.1654856618#playbyplay [Accessed 10 June 2022]

[21] Canadian Football League (2022) Tadgh Leader [Internet] Available from: https://www.cfl.ca/players/tadhg-leader/166367/ [Accessed 10 June 2022]

ELF Logo References

[7] Barcelona Dragons Facebook (2021)Profile Picture: March 24, 2021: 164100830_143302991038424_6685619488922431445_n [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/164100830_143302991038424_6685619488922431445_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-4&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=7nF5AhntfsEAX9glptP&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=a430079a20cfb0956dd3ea5a7c8db22e&oe=61316F91 [Accessed 11 July 2021]

[8] Panthers Wroclaw Fabecook (2021) profile Picture September 20, 2013 1235513_483738095055993_896136457_n [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/PanthersWroclaw/photos/a.483738081722661/483738095055993/ [Accessed 6 August 2021]

[9] Hamburg Sea Devils Facebook (2021) Profile Picture March 9, 2021: 159505975_122355319823281_3096303558860788527_n [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/HamburgSeaDevils/photos/a.106420621416751/122355316489948 [Accessed 6 August 2021]

[10] Stuttgart Surge Facebook (2021) Profile Picture July 27, 2021: 224860379_157740426432198_682630597869113461_n [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/StuttgartSurgeFootball/photos/a.101150422091199/157740416432199/ [Accessed 6 August 2021]

[11] Leipzig Kings Facebook (2021) Profile Picture April 23, 2021 176481610_124322863083112_5924150060350890678_n [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/105240348324697/photos/a.105240374991361/124322859749779 [Accessed 6 August 2021]

[12] Cologne Centurions Facebook (2021) Profile Picture March 22, 2021 164225775_104312295086165_3866117950552195047_n [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/164225775_104312295086165_3866117950552195047_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-4&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=q-FxP6s2FecAX8leJ2f&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=b85f562fcd7282fd92b580c46312ec3d&oe=61329D2C [Accessed 6 August 2021]

[13] Frankfurt Galaxy Facebook (2021) Profile Picture April 18, 2021 175159880_127159659432418_8771340701865027771_n [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/frankfurtgalaxy21/photos/a.100834638731587/127159656099085 [Accessed 6 August 2021]

[14] Berlin Thunder Facebook (2021) Profile Picture May 6, 2021 182443261_131030875743347_4880774321224305568_n [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/BER.Thunder/photos/a.106909338155501/131030872410014/ [Accessed 6 August 2021]

CFL Logo References

[3] Sports Logos (2021) 8827_bc_lions-primary-2016 [Internet] Available from: https://content.sportslogos.net/logos/8/91/full/8827_bc_lions-primary-2016.png [Accessed 31 July 2021]

[4] Sports Logos (2021) 6644_calgary_stampeders-primary-2019 [Internet] Available from: https://content.sportslogos.net/logos/8/92/full/6644_calgary_stampeders-primary-2019.png [Accessed 31 July 2021]

[5] Sports Logos (2021) edmonton_elks_logo_primary_2021_sportslogosnet-5957 [Internet] Available from: https://content.sportslogos.net/logos/8/6790/full/edmonton_elks_logo_primary_2021_sportslogosnet-5957.png %5BAccessed 31 July 2021]

[6] Sports Logos (2021) 6261_saskatchewan_roughriders-primary-2016 [Internet] Available from: https://content.sportslogos.net/logos/8/98/full/6261_saskatchewan_roughriders-primary-2016.png [Accessed 31 July 2021]

[7] Sports Logos (2021) 2517_winnipeg_blue_bombers-primary-2012 [Internet] Available from: https://content.sportslogos.net/logos/8/100/full/2517_winnipeg_blue_bombers-primary-2012.png [Accessed 31 July 2021]

[8] Sports Logos (2021) 6242 [Internet] Available from: https://content.sportslogos.net/logos/8/94/full/6242.gif [Accessed 31 July 2021]

[9] Sports Logos (2021) 4816_toronto_argonauts-primary-2021 [Internet] Available from: https://content.sportslogos.net/logos/8/99/full/4816_toronto_argonauts-primary-2021.png [Accessed 31 July 2021]

[10] Sports Logos (2021) 9827_ottawa__redblacks-primary-2014 [Internet] Available from: https://content.sportslogos.net/logos/8/5033/full/9827_ottawa__redblacks-primary-2014.png [Accessed 31 July 2021]

[11] Sports Logos (2021) 5778_montreal_alouettes-primary-2019 [Internet] Available from: https://content.sportslogos.net/logos/8/95/full/5778_montreal_alouettes-primary-2019.png [Accessed 31 July 2021]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Todd Zboyan, Decy Maher, Steve Hearn and Anton “Pippo” O’Grady

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Last Updated: 10 June 2022

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Major Alternative Football Leagues Final Standings 2021

Canadian Football League 2021

CFL Logo [Reference: 1]

Canadian Football League East Division 2021

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
1	Toronto Argonauts	9	5	18	309	318	-9	L1
2	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	8	6	16	312	244	68	W1
3	Montreal Alouettes	7	7	14	346	305	41	L1
4	Ottawa REDBLACKS	3	11	6	224	384	-160	W1

Canadian Football League West Division 2021

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
1	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	11	3	20	361	188	173	L2
2	Saskatchewan Roughriders	9	5	18	290	284	6	L1
3	Calgary Stampeders	8	6	16	315	263	52	W3
4	British Columbia Lions	5	9	10	312	351	-39	W1
5	Edmonton Elks	3	11	6	246	378	-132	L1

CFL Canadian Football League Playoffs 2021


Match Day Eastern Semi-Final
November 28, 2021 (Eastern Semi-Final) 23 - 12 N/A Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Montreal Alouettes
Match Day Western Semi-Final
November 28, 2021 (Western Semi-Final) 33 OT - 30 N/A Saskatchewan Roughriders vs Calgary Stampeders
Match Day Eastern Final
December 5, 2021 (Eastern Final) 19 - 27 N/A Toronto Argonauts vs Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Match Day Western Final
December 5, 2021 (Western Final) 21 - 17 N/A Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs Saskatchewan Roughriders
Match Day 108th Grey Cup
December 12, 2021 (108th Grey Cup) 25 - 33 N/A Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers

References: [2] (Standings Calculated Automatically).

Japan X-League X1 Super 2021

Japan X-League Logo. References: [3]

JAFA Japan X-League X1 Super 2021

Pos	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
1	Panasonic Impulse	7	0	0	21	271	60	211	W7
2	Fujitsu Frontiers	6	1	0	18	217	113	104	W1
3	Obic Seagulls	5	2	0	15	155	61	94	L1
4	IBM Big Blue	3	3	1	10	223	249	-26	W3
5	Nojima Sagamihara Rise	3	4	0	9	148	153	-5	W1
6	Tokyo Gas Creators	2	5	0	6	112	237	-125	L1
7	Elecom Kobe Finies	1	5	1	4	115	172	-57	L5
8	All-Mitsubishi Lions	0	7	0	0	24	220	-196	L7

JAFA Japan X-League X1 Super Playoffs 2021


Match Day Semi-Finals
December 12, 2021 (Semi-Finals) 38 - 31 N/A Panasonic Impulse vs IBM Big Blue
December 12, 2021 (Semi-Finals) 17 - 10 N/A Fujitsu Frontiers vs Obic Seagulls
Match Day 75th Rice Bowl
January 3, 2022 (75th Rice Bowl) 18 - 24 N/A Panasonic Impulse vs Fujitsu Frontiers

References: [4, 5][Standings Calculated Automatically]

European League of Football 2021

European League of Football Logo. References: [6]

European League of Football Division North 2021

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Streak
1	Hamburg Sea Devils	7	3	0.700	274	178	L2
2	Panthers Wroclaw	6	4	0.600	314	259	W3
3	Leipzig Kings	5	5	0.500	295	320	L1
4	Berlin Thunder	3	7	0.300	228	289	W1

European League of Football Division South 2021

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Streak
1	Frankfurt Galaxy	9	1	0.900	357	132	W9
2	Cologne Centurions	5	5	0.500	320	365	L1
3	Barcelona Dragons	3	7	0.300	230	277	L2
4	Stuttgart Surge	2	8	0.200	157	355	L6

European League of Football Playoffs 2021


Match Day Semi-Finals
September 11, 2021 (Semi-Finals) 36 - 6 N/A Frankfurt Galaxy vs Cologne Centurions
September 12, 2021 (Semi-Finals) 30 - 27 N/A Hamburg Sea Devils vs Panthers Wroclaw
Match Day Championship Game
September 26, 2021 (Championship Game) 32 - 30 N/A Frankfurt Galaxy vs Hamburg Sea Devils

References: [7, 8]

The Spring League 2021

The Spring League Logo. References: [12]

The Spring League 2021	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
TSL North (Indianapolis)
Linemen (C)	6	5	1	0	177	117	.833
Conquerors	6	4	2	0	164	118	.667
Alphas	6	3	3	0	118	137	.500
Aviators	6	0	6	0	53	140	.000
TSL South (Houston)
Jousters (C)	6	4	2	0	121	62	.667
Generals	6	4	2	0	131	104	.667
Blues	6	3	3	0	78	107	.500
Sea Lions	6	1	5	0	90	141	.250

[References: Compiled from results in 13-14]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Mega Bowl Championship		Rice Stadium, Houston, TX
19/06/2021	Linemen	26	Jousters	23

[References: 13-14]

Recap

The Major Alternative Football Leagues of 2021 were The Spring League which kicked off its 5th season this year, with a major expansion, adding a second hub city and four teams to its schedule, the European League of Football, Japan X-League X1 Super, and the Canadian Football League.

The Linemen won TSL North in Indianapolis with a 5-1 record and the Jousters were Champions of TSL South in Houston with a 4-2 record. In a close Mega Bowl Linemen defeated Jousters 26-23 [13-14]. Tadhg Leader, former Connacht Rugby player, who was born in Ireland, played kicker for the Aviators who finished 0-6 in the TSL North [8-10].

Following the TSL season, Tadhg Leader moved on to play for Panthers Wroclaw of Poland in the European League of Football, along with a young Tallaght, South Dublin County native Kevin Mayo. The Panthers finished the season 6-4 in the ELF North but lost the Semi-Final 27-30 at Hamburg Sea Devils, who finished runners-up to ELF South Champions Frankfurt Galaxy (9-1) who won the ELF Championship Game 32-30 in an even closer game than the TSL Mega Bowl [7-8].

By the Fall the Japan X-League had kicked off and the 6-1 Fujitsu Frontiers upset the 7-0 Panasonic Impulse 24-20 in the Rice Bowl [4-5]. This was the first year the JXL had sole ownership of the Rice Bowl, previously the X-League Champions contested the Rice Bowl with the College Champions in Japan.

The Canadian Football League, the biggest of the Major Alternative Football Leagues played a covid-shortened 14-game schedule, with newly renamed Edmonton Elks struggling to a 3-11 record, worst in the CFL. The big news on the Football field however was Winnipeg Blue Bombers who went 11-3 in winning the CFL West before triumphing 33-25 against Hamilton Tiger-Cats (8-6) who had upset CFL East Champions Toronto Argonauts 27-19 in the Eastern Final [2].

Tadhg Leader – Irish-born Player (Panthers Wroclaw ELF and Aviators TSL)

Former Connacht Rugby player Tadhg Leader was born in Galway, Ireland. At the age of 15 he and his brother Darragh headed out to kick some Rugby balls at their local pitch on Christmas Day. His dad, a former Galwegians RFC Rugby player made a bet with them that they could not kick the ball over the bars from the halfway line. Both Tadhg and his brother Darragh won €50 each.

Tadhg went on to play Rugby Professionally for Connacht and Darragh now lives in USA where he coaches at Clemson University Tigers. Tadhg suffered a number of injuries during his last few years at Connacht and after playing in Italy he ended up studying in USA and playing for both New England Free Jacks in Major League Rugby and making his Test debut for USA Eagles Rugby Union National Team.

Tadhg was signed up to play another year of Rugby Union in 2021 when the kicker started kicking American Footballs for fun. People took notice and said he should try out for American Football teams and so he went off to San Diego where he was kicking alongside Super Bowl-winning athletes. Unsure of his own ability he asked John Carney, who has 23 years of experience kicking Footballs and Carney said he could mix it with the NFL players.

Before long Leader found himself playing for the Aviators in The Spring League in USA. The Aviatiors, one of four teams based in Indianapolis, a COVID-19 Pod and one of two Pods in the 8-team league in 2021 finished with an 0-6 record in 2021. On May 7 versus Alphas Tadhg Leader scored the first points of his American Football career kicking a Field Goal to make the score Aviators 3 Alphas 7 at Halftime.

After spending Spring in Indianapolis with the Aviators Tadhg signed for Panthers Wroclaw in the European League of Football, making his debut on opening day in a 55-39 victory over Cologne Centurions. [References: 8-10]

Kevin Mayo – Irish Player (Panthers Wroclaw ELF)

Kevin Mayo, who is from Tallaght, South Dublin Co. in Ireland, and had previously played for the South Dublin Panthers in the American Football Ireland League joined the Panthers Wroclaw at the tail end of the season after being picked up by North Park University in Chicago, an NCAA Division III College.

CFL References

LOGOS

[1] Sports Logos (2021) 2757__canadian_football_league-primary-2016 [Internet] Available from: https://content.sportslogos.net/logos/8/2573/full/2757__canadian_football_league-primary-2016.png [Accessed 31 July 2021]

REFERENCES

[2] Canadian Football League (2021) Schedule 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/2021/ [Accessed 31 July 2021]

Japan X-League References

IMAGES

[3] X-League (2020) logo_xleague [Internet] Available from: https://s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/xleague/images/logo_xleague.jpg [Accessed 7 March 2021]

STANDINGS

[4] X-League (2021) Standings [Internet] Available from: https://xleague.jp/standing [Accessed 13 December 2021]

[5] X-League (2021) Score [Internet] Available from: https://xleague.jp/score [Accessed 4 August 2021]

ELF References

[6] European League of Football Facebook Page (2021) Profile Picture, February 4, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/europeanleagueoffootball/photos/a.100150555247238/159345569327736/ [Accessed 27 April 2021]

[7] European League of Football (2021) Stats [Internet] Available from: https://europeanleague.football/stats [Accessed 10 November 2021]

[8] European League of Football (2021) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://europeanleague.football/schedule [Accessed 11 July 2021]

[9] South Dublin Panthers (2021) Post to Page 2 December 2021: “Great Interview!” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/southdublinpanthers/posts/309142057879208 [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[10] The Liberty (2021) Leader and Mayo: Meet the two Irishmen with the NFL in their sights [Internet] Available from: https://www.theliberty.ie/2021/12/01/leader-and-mayo-meet-the-two-irishmen-with-the-nfl-in-their-sights/?fbclid=IwAR1g3KnLD1lmr5GsnTTOrYiBJpVYPuyZzhjcgWKz54lKAc1ychvTjBiYwqA [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[11] Rugby Players Ireland (2021) The Journey Continues for Tadhg Leader [Internet] Available from: [Accessed 3 December 2021]

The Spring League References

[12] The Spring League (2017) Profile Picture August 13, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/68494309_2435273623417739_8497449137069883392_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_ohc=osM0If13hRYAX9kbxYM&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=3d2ef90b030c12beaf5c4be4b091d540&oe=5E9E9711%5BAccessed 25 January 2020]

[13] The Spring League (2021) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://thespringleague.com/?page_id=5732 [Accessed 20 June 2021]

[14] The Spring League (2021) League [Internet] Available from: https://thespringleague.com/?page_id=136 [Accessed 6 May 2021]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Steve Hearn and Anton “Pippo” O’Grady, Bart Barden, Carmine, Tomasz and Todd Zboyan (Dublin Bay Raptors)

ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT

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Last Updated: 7 January 2022

December 3, 2021July 4, 2024

Tadhg Leader Irish-born Professional American Football Player 2021

Tadhg Leader Biography

Born: Galway, Ireland

Metrics: Height: 6’02”. Weight: 205 lbs.

College: International (Ireland); Lindenwood University (USA).

Professional Career: Connacht Rugby (Pro 12 Rugby); New England Free Jacks (Major League Rugby, 2019); Aviators (The Spring League 2021); Panthers Wroclaw (European League of Football 2021)

Position: Kicker.

Biography:

Before long Leader found himself playing for the Aviators in The Spring League in USA. The Aviatiors, one of four teams based in Indianapolis, a COVID-19 Pod and one of two Pods in the 8-team league in 2021 finished with an 0-6 record in 2021. On May 7 versus Alphas Tadhg Leader scored the first points of his American Football career kicking a Field Goal to make the score Aviators 3 Alphas 7 at Halftime.

After spending Spring in Indianapolis with the Aviators Tadhg signed for Panthers Wroclaw in the European League of Football, making his debut on August 1 in a 31-33 loss at Cologne Centurions. Tadhg scored a 35-yard Field Goal in that game to make the score 16-7 [References: 7-8] On August 22 he kicked a 52-yard Field Goal, his personal highlight in a 30-24 victory at Hamburg Sea Devils [References: 9-10]. The Hamburg game was his fourth of the ELF season [References: 11]. Panthers Wroclaw finished the season with three straight wins to finish on 6-4 and reached the Playoffs where they lost to Hamburg Sea Devils 27-30.

Note: Video Clip of Tadhg’s 52-yard FG versus Hamburg Sea Devils can be seen by clicking the link in Reference Number 9 below the Standing Section:

The Spring League 2021

The Spring League 2021	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	PCt
TSL North (Indianapolis)
Linemen (C)	6	5	1	0	177	117	.833
Conquerors	6	4	2	0	164	118	.667
Alphas	6	3	3	0	118	137	.500
Aviators	6	0	6	0	53	140	.000
TSL South (Houston)
Jousters (C)	6	4	2	0	121	62	.667
Generals	6	4	2	0	131	104	.667
Blues	6	3	3	0	78	107	.500
Sea Lions	6	1	5	0	90	141	.250
TSL 2021 Totals	48	24	24	0	932	926	.500

[References: Compiled from results in 2]*Note PF-PA Do not correlate exactly

THE SPRING LEAGUE 2021	Home Team	Score	Road Team	Score
Date	Mega Bowl Championship		Rice Stadium, Houston, TX
19/06/2021	Linemen	26	Jousters	23
TSL 2021 Playoff Totals		26		23

[References: 2]

European League of Football Autumn 2021

European League of Football Division North 2021

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Streak
1	Hamburg Sea Devils	7	3	0.700	274	178	L2
2	Panthers Wroclaw	6	4	0.600	314	259	W3
3	Leipzig Kings	5	5	0.500	295	320	L1
4	Berlin Thunder	3	7	0.300	228	289	W1

European League of Football Division South 2021

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Streak
1	Frankfurt Galaxy	9	1	0.900	357	132	W9
2	Cologne Centurions	5	5	0.500	320	365	L1
3	Barcelona Dragons	3	7	0.300	230	277	L2
4	Stuttgart Surge	2	8	0.200	157	355	L6

European League of Football Playoffs 2021


Match Day Semi-Finals
September 11, 2021 (Semi-Finals) 36 - 6 N/A Frankfurt Galaxy vs Cologne Centurions
September 12, 2021 (Semi-Finals) 30 - 27 N/A Hamburg Sea Devils vs Panthers Wroclaw
Match Day Championship Game
September 26, 2021 (Championship Game) 32 - 30 N/A Frankfurt Galaxy vs Hamburg Sea Devils

[References: 12-13]

Tadhg Leader’s 2021 Panthers Wrocław Stats

FIELD GOALS	1-19 yds	20-29 yds	30-39 yds	40-49 yds	50+ yds
Tadhg Leader	0-0	2-2	2-4	3-5	1-1
Panthers Wrocław 2021 Total	0-0	3-3	3-6	4-6	1-1

References: European League of Football 2022 Stats Book p36 – Transaction Prepared Exclusively for Enda Mulcahy

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	I20	50+	Blkd
Tadhg Leader	11	400	36.4	54	5	2	0
Panthers Wrocław 2021 Total	36	1206	33.5	54	6	4	1

References: European League of Football 2022 Stats Book p36 – Transaction Prepared Exclusively for Enda Mulcahy

DEFENSE STATISTICS – TACKLES	TT	UT	A	TFL	Yds
Tadhg Leader	1	1	0	0	0
Panthers Wrocław	649	331	318	73	241

References: European League of Football 2022 Stats Book p37 – Transaction Prepared Exclusively for Enda Mulcahy

References

References (WEBSITES)

[3] The Spring League (2021) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://thespringleague.com/?page_id=5732 [Accessed 20 June 2021]

[4] The Spring League (2021) Aviators [Internet] Available from: https://www.thespringleague.com/?page_id=5809 [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[5] The Spring League (2021) Post, May 7 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/thespringleague/posts/306326787531251 [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[6] Rugby Players Ireland (2021) The Journey Continues for Tadhg Leader [Internet] Available from: [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[7] Tadhg Leader Facebook (2021) Post, July 30, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tadhg.leader/posts/4428767077162803 [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[8] Tadhg Leader Facebook (2021) Post, August 3, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tadhg.leader/posts/4440139309358913 [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[9] European League of Football (2021) Video, August 26, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=4160723400714711 [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[10] Tadhg Leader Facebook (2021) Post, August 26, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tadhg.leader/posts/4511404508899059 [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[11] Tadhg Leader Facebook (2021) Post, September 1, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tadhg.leader/posts/4530606193645557 [Accessed 3 December 2021]

[12] European League of Football (2021) Stats [Internet] Available from: https://europeanleague.football/stats [Accessed 10 November 2021]

[13] European League of Football (2021) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://europeanleague.football/schedule [Accessed 11 July 2021]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Todd Zboyan and Decy Maher.

ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT

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Published: 3 December 2021. Last Updated: 4 July 2024

September 17, 2021October 29, 2023

John Sinnott Irish-born Professional and College American Football Player 1976-1982

John Sinnott

Born: April 18, 1958 in Wexford, Ireland

Metrics: Height: 6-4 Weight: 279

High School: Dedham (MA)

College: Brown University Bears 1976-1979

Draft: 3rd Round (60th Overall) 1980 St. Louis Cardinals.

Professional: New York Giants (National Football League) 1980-1981 Baltimore Colts (National Football League) 1982

Position: Tackle.

Career Statistics (Professional): Games: 9; Season Average: 4; Games Started: 7

Biography: John Sinnott was born in Wexford, Ireland in 1958, and played High School Football in Denham, Massachusetts, where he was recruited for Brown University Bears of the Ivy League in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). His High School Football Coach told hm that he might get injured in his first few weeks playing Football, so he should not concentrate on just Football, as his College Academic Achievement was as important, something which is not all that common these days. [Reference: 2] While at Brown, he played in the most successful Brown University Football Team in 50 years, in 1976 emulating the Iron Men of 1926 in winning their first Ivy League Championship in half a century. [Reference: 8]

After College he was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals, where he was cut from the roster during training camp. John was subsequently picked up by the New York Giants, and after two years on the squad, he was traded to the Baltimore Colts. There he played in 9 games in 1982, before injuring his back, an injury which still bothers him to this day, and retired from Football. [Reference: 2; 3]

CAREER STATISTICS

GENERAL

Year	Team	No	Pos	GP	GS
1976	Brown University Bears (NCAA)
1977	Brown University Bears (NCAA)
1978	Brown University Bears (NCAA)
1979	Brown University Bears (NCAA)
1980	New York Giants (NFL)
1981	New York Giants (NFL)
1982	Baltimore Colts (NFL)	79	LOT	9	7

[Reference: 3]

Legend: No = Jersey Number, Pos = Position, GP = Games Played, GS = Games Started. LOT = Left Offensive Tackle.

FUMBLES

Year	Team	No	Lost	Own	Opp	Rec	Yds	TD
1982	Baltimore Colts (NFL)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Career	NFL	0	0	1	0	1	0	0

[Reference: 3]

Legend: No = Number of Fumbles, Lost = Fumbles Lost, Own = Own Fumbles, Opp = Opposition Fumbles, Rec = Fumbles Recovered, Yds = Yards, TD = Fumbles Returned for a Touchdown.

Brown University Bears Football Team Photo 1976 [Reference: 9][Photo Credit: Brown University Athletics]

NCAAF IVY LEAGUE 1976

Ivy League 1976	CW	CL	CT	Pct	OW	OL	OT	Pct
*Brown Bears* (CC)	6	1	0	.857	8	1	0	.889
Yale Bulldogs	6	1	0	.857	8	1	0	.889
Dartmouth Big Green	4	3	0	.571	6	3	0	.667
Harvard Crimson	4	3	0	.571	6	3	0	.667
Columbia Lions	2	5	0	.286	3	6	0	.333
Pennsylvania Quakers	2	5	0	.286	3	6	0	.333
Cornell Big Red	2	5	0	.286	2	7	0	.222
Princeton Tigers	2	5	0	.286	2	7	0	.222

[Reference: 4]

Legend: CW = Conference wins, CL = Conference Losses, CT = Conference Ties, Pct = Winning Percentage, OW = Overall Wins, OL = Overall Losses, OT = Overall Ties.

NCAAF IVY LEAGUE 1977

Ivy League 1977	CW	CL	CT	Pct	OW	OL	OT	Pct
Yale Bulldogs (CC)	6	1	0	.857	7	2	0	.778
*Brown Bears*	5	2	0	.714	7	2	0	.778
Dartmouth Big Green	4	3	0	.571	6	3	0	.667
Pennsylvania Quakers	4	3	0	.571	5	4	0	.556
Harvard Crimson	4	3	0	.571	4	5	0	.445
Princeton Tigers	3	4	0	.429	3	6	0	.333
Columbia Lions	1	6	0	.143	2	7	0	.222
Cornell Big Red	1	6	0	.143	1	8	0	.111

[Reference: 5]

Legend: CW = Conference wins, CL = Conference Losses, CT = Conference Ties, Pct = Winning Percentage, OW = Overall Wins, OL = Overall Losses, OT = Overall Ties.

NCAAF IVY LEAGUE 1978

Ivy League 1978	CW	CL	CT	Pct	OW	OL	OT	Pct
Dartmouth Big Green (CC)	6	1	0	.857	6	3	0	.667
*Brown Bears*	5	2	0	.714	6	3	0	.667
Yale Bulldogs	4	1	2	.714	5	2	2	.667
Cornell Big Red	3	3	1	.500	5	3	1	.611
Harvard Crimson	2	4	1	.357	4	4	1	.500
Columbia Lions	2	4	1	.357	3	5	1	.389
Princeton Tigers	2	4	1	.357	2	5	2	.333
Pennsylvania Quakers	1	5	1	.214	2	6	1	.278

[Reference: 6]

Legend: CW = Conference wins, CL = Conference Losses, CT = Conference Ties, Pct = Winning Percentage, OW = Overall Wins, OL = Overall Losses, OT = Overall Ties.

NCAAF IVY LEAGUE 1979

Ivy League 1979	CW	CL	CT	Pct	OW	OL	OT	Pct
Yale Bulldogs (CC)	6	1	0	.857	8	1	0	.889
*Brown Bears*	5	2	0	.714	6	3	0	.667
Princeton Tigers	5	2	0	.714	5	4	0	.556
Cornell Big Red	4	3	0	.571	5	4	0	.556
Dartmouth Big Green	4	3	0	.571	4	4	1	.500
Harvard Crimson	3	4	0	.429	3	6	0	.333
Columbia Lions	1	6	0	.143	1	8	0	.111
Pennsylvania Quakers	0	7	0	.000	0	9	0	.000

[Reference: 7]

Legend: CW = Conference wins, CL = Conference Losses, CT = Conference Ties, Pct = Winning Percentage, OW = Overall Wins, OL = Overall Losses, OT = Overall Ties.

NFL 1980

NFL 1980	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
AFC East
Buffalo Bills (D)	16	11	5	0	320	260	.688
New England Patriots	16	10	6	0	441	325	.625
Miami Dolphins	16	8	8	0	266	305	.500
Baltimore Colts	16	7	9	0	355	387	.438
New York Jets	16	4	12	0	302	395	.250
AFC Central
Cleveland Browns (D)	16	11	5	0	357	310	.688
Houston Oilers (P)	16	11	5	0	295	251	.688
Pittsburgh Steelers	16	9	7	0	352	313	.438
Cincinnati Bengals	16	6	10	0	244	312	.375
AFC West
San Diego Chargers (D)	16	11	5	0	418	327	.688
Oakland Raiders (P)	16	11	5	0	364	306	.688
Kansas City Chiefs	16	8	8	0	319	336	.500
Denver Broncos	16	8	8	0	310	323	.500
Seattle Seahawks	16	4	12	0	291	408	.250
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
NFC East
Philadelphia Eagles (D)	16	12	4	0	384	222	.750
Dallas Cowboys (P)	16	12	4	0	454	311	.750
Washington Redskins	16	6	10	0	261	293	.375
St. Louis Cardinals	16	5	11	0	299	350	.313
*New York Giants*	16	4	12	0	249	425	.250
NFC Central
Minnesota Vikings (D)	16	9	7	0	317	308	.563
Detroit Lions	16	9	7	0	334	272	.563
Chicago Bears	16	7	9	0	304	264	.438
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	5	10	1	271	341	.344
Green Bay Packers	16	5	10	1	231	371	.344
NFC West
Atlanta Falcons (D)	16	12	4	0	405	272	.750
Los Angeles Rams (P)	16	11	5	0	424	289	.688
San Francisco 49ers	16	6	10	0	320	415	.375
New Orleans Saints	16	1	15	0	291	487	.063

[References: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	AFC First Round Playoff
1980	Oakland Raiders	27	Houston Oilers	7
	AFC Divisional Playoffs
1980	San Diego Chargers	20	Buffalo Bills	14
1980	Cleveland Browns	12	Oakland Raiders	14
	AFC Championship
1980	San Diego Chargers	27	Oakland Raiders	34
	NFC First Round Playoffs
1980	Dallas Cowboys	34	Los Angeles Rams	13
	NFC Divisional Playoffs
1980	Philadelphia Eagles	31	Minnesota Vikings	16
1980	Atlanta Falcons	27	Dallas Cowboys	30
	NFC Championship
1980	Philadelphia Eagles	20	Dallas Cowboys	7
	Super Bowl XV		At SuperDome, New Orleans
1980	Oakland Raiders (AFC)	27	Philadelphia Eagles (NFC)	10

[Reference: 1]

NFL 1981

NFL 1981	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
AFC East
Miami Dolphins (D)	16	11	4	1	345	275	.719
New York Jets (P)	16	10	5	1	355	287	.656
Buffalo Bills (P)	16	10	6	0	311	276	.688
Baltimore Colts	16	2	14	0	259	533	.188
New England Patriots	16	2	14	0	322	370	.188
AFC Central
Cincinnati Bengals (D)	16	12	4	0	421	304	.750
Pittsburgh Steelers	16	8	8	0	356	297	.500
Houston Oilers	16	7	9	0	281	355	.438
Cleveland Browns	16	5	11	0	276	375	.313
AFC West
San Diego Chargers (D)	16	10	6	0	478	390	.625
Denver Broncos	16	10	6	0	321	289	.625
Kansas City Chiefs	16	9	7	0	343	290	.563
Oakland Raiders	16	7	9	0	273	343	.438
Seattle Seahawks	16	6	10	0	322	388	.375
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
NFC East
Dallas Cowboys (D)	16	12	4	0	367	277	.625
Philadelphia Eagles (P)	16	10	6	0	368	221	.625
*New York Giants* (P)	16	9	7	0	295	257	.563
Washington Redskins	16	8	8	0	347	349	.500
St. Louis Cardinals	16	7	9	0	315	408	.438
NFC Central
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (D)	16	9	7	0	315	268	.563
Detroit Lions	16	8	8	0	397	322	.500
Green Bay Packers	16	8	8	0	324	361	.500
Minnesota Vikings	16	7	9	0	325	369	.438
Chicago Bears	16	6	10	0	253	324	.375
NFC West
San Francisco 49ers	16	13	3	0	357	250	.813
Atlanta Falcons	16	7	9	0	426	356	.438
Los Angeles Rams	16	6	10	0	303	351	.375
New Orleans Saints	16	4	12	0	207	378	.250

[References: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	AFC First Round Playoff
181	New York Jets	27	Buffalo Bills	31
	AFC Divisional Playoffs
1981	Miami Dolphins	38	San Diego Chargers	41 ot
1981	Cincinnati Bengals	28	Buffalo Bills	21
	AFC Championship
1981	Cincinnati Bengals	27	San Diego Chargers	7
	NFC First Round Playoffs
1981	Philadelphia Eagles	21	*New York Giants*	27
	NFC Divisional Playoffs
1981	Dallas Cowboys	38	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0
1981	San Francisco 49ers	38	*New York Giants*	24
	NFC Championship
1981	San Francisco 49ers	28	Dallas Cowboys	27
	Super Bowl XVI		At Silverdome, Pontiac, Mich.
1981	San Francisco 49ers (NFC)	26	Cincinnati Bengals (AFC)	21

[Reference: 1]

NFL 1982

NFL 1982	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
Los Angeles Raiders (P)	9	8	1	0	260	200	.889
Miami Dolphins (P)	9	7	2	0	198	131	.778
Cincinnati Bengals (P)	9	7	2	0	232	172	.778
Pittsburgh Steelers (P)	9	6	3	0	204	146	.667
San Diego Chargers (P)	9	6	3	0	288	221	.667
New York Jets (P)	9	6	3	0	245	166	.667
New England Patriots (P)	9	5	4	0	143	157	.556
Cleveland Browns (P)	9	4	5	0	140	182	.444
Buffalo Bills	9	4	5	0	150	154	.444
Seattle Seahawks	9	4	5	0	127	147	.444
Kansas City Chiefs	9	3	6	0	178	184	.333
Denver Broncos	9	2	7	0	148	226	.222
Houston Oilers	9	1	8	0	136	245	.111
*Baltimore Colts*	9	0	8	1	113	236	.056
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
Washington Redskins (P)	9	8	1	0	190	128	.889
Dallas Cowboys (P)	9	6	3	0	226	145	.667
Green Bay Packers (P)	9	5	3	1	226	169	.611
Minnesota Vikings (P)	9	5	4	0	187	198	.556
Atlanta Falcons (P)	9	5	4	0	183	199	.556
St. Louis Cardinals (P)	9	5	4	0	135	170	.556
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (P)	9	5	4	0	158	178	.556
Detroit Lions (P)	9	4	5	0	181	176	.444
New Orleans Saints	9	4	5	0	129	180	.444
New York Giants	9	4	5	0	164	160	.444
San Francisco 49ers	9	3	6	0	209	208	.333
Chicago Bears	9	3	6	0	141	174	.333
Philadelphia Eagles	9	3	6	0	191	195	.333
Los Angeles Rams	9	2	7	0	200	250	.222

[References: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	AFC First Round Playoff
1982	Miami Dolphins	28	New England Patriots	13
1982	Los Angeles Raiders	27	Cleveland Browns	10
1982	Cincinnati Bengals	10	Los Angeles Raiders	27
1982	Pittsburgh Steelers	28	San Diego Chargers	31
	AFC Divisional Playoffs
1982	Los Angeles Raiders	14	New York Jets	17
1982	Miami Dolphins	34	San Diego Chargers	13
	AFC Championship
1982	Miami Dolphins	14	New York Jets	0
	NFC First Round Playoffs
1982	Washington Redskins	31	Detroit Lions	7
1982	Green Bay Packers	41	St. Louis Cardinals	16
1982	Minnesota Vikings	30	Atlanta Falcons	24
1982	Dallas Cowboys	30	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17
	NFC Divisional Playoffs
1982	Washington Redskins	21	Minnesota Vikings	7
1982	Dallas Cowboys	37	Green Bay Packers	26
	NFC Championship
1982	Washington Redskins	31	Dallas Cowboys	17
	Super Bowl XVII		At Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Ca.
1982	Washington Redskins (NFC)	27	Miami Dolphins (AFC)	17

[Reference: 1]

REFERENCES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

[1] NFL (1987) “Past Standings” 1987 NFL Record & Factbook . pg. 227. Workman Publishing Company, New York.

WEBSITES

[2] The 42.ie / Steve O’Rourke (2016) One of the last Irish-born NFL players says we’re ‘not too far away’ from another [Internet] Available from: https://www.the42.ie/john-sinnott-wexford-irish-nfl-player-3058766-Nov2016/ [Accessed 7 August 2018]

[3] Pro Football Archives (2020) John Sinnott [Internet] Available from: http://www.profootballarchives.com/players/sinn00400.html [Accessed 2 April 2020]

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Adrian Young Irish-Born Professional and College American Football Player 1964-1975

Adrian Young

Born: January 3, 1946 in Dublin, Ireland

Metrics: Height: 6-1, Weight: 232

High School: Bishop Amat High School, La Puente, Los Angeles.

College: University of Southern California Trojans 1964-1967.

Draft: 3rd Round (68th Overall), Philadelphia Eagles 1968

Professional: Philadelphia Eagles (National Football League) 1968-1972, Detroit Lions (National Football League) 1972, Chicago Bears (National Football League) 1973, The Hawaiians (World Football League) 1974-1975.

Position: Linebacker

Honors: National Champion with University of Southern California 1967. All-American and All-Conference Player Award 1967

Career Statistics (Professional): Games: 52; Season Average: 15; Interceptions; 3; Yards: 19; Touchdowns: 0

Biography:

Adrian Young was born in Dublin and grew up in Albert Court, ‘a tough place’, across from Boland Mills, the famous bread company. He would go to hurling and football matches at Croke Park and got to participate in a track meet there, an experience which meant a lot to him. He got involved through his father in soccer in the Phoenix Park. It was the middle of the 1950s, however, and there was a large amount of emigration. Adrian’s father followed in some of his siblings footsteps and moved to Baltimore. The rest of the family arrived by boat in New York from Cobh in Cork once Adrian father had settled there.

It was not long before California beckoned and they drove in a 1953 Ford all the way along the Appalachian Trail and Route 66 before setting in La Puente, about half an hour from downtown Los Angeles. While in Los Angeles Adrian attended Bishop Amat High School, and with no Soccer on the activities list Adrian joined the Football program. winning an Inter-State Championship. Despite being slight at 165 pounds Young dedicated himself to training and he won a scholarship to the University of Southern California.

At USC he was co-captain of a side featuring O.J. Simpson, Tim Rossovich and Ron Yary, all legendary American footballers. It was during one game against longtime rival Notre Dame that Young made National Football League teams sit up and notice. He made four interceptions in the game, tying a conference record. The Los Angeles Times called it “Young’s greatest day.” USC went to the Rose Bowl twice during Young’s career. In 1967, behind O.J. Simpson, one of the greatest pro and college players ever, USC won the national championship. Young was selected as an All-Conference and All-American player. , significant awards.

Simpson carved out a stellar career with the Buffalo Bills in the NFL while Yary was the first draft pick 12 months later and became a star with the Minnesota Vikings. Rossovich was, like Young, drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles. Rossovich had roomed with Tom Selleck at USC and became a Hollywood stuntman after his football career. Young and Rossovich roomed together while at the Eagles. At USC, Young remembers rubbing shoulders with billionaires and the Hollywood Elite. He recalls going to parties and seeing Oscars in the dens of some of the houses.

He recalled that he was fortunate to stay injury-free in college, but in the tougher world of the NFL he was getting beat up more including tearing ligaments in his right knee. He was a starting linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles for four and a half years.He then played half a year for the Detroit Lions, one year for the Chicago Bears and two for the Hawaiians in the World Football League. His time at Philadelphia wasn’t as successful as in college as the Eagles went through numerous coaching changes, but he said he got to play six years in the National Football League and nothing could take away from that.

Adrian Young (35) Philadelphia Eagles v NY Giants Preseason 1971 [Ref: 7]

Adrian Young Career Statistics

Year	Team	League	No	Position	GP	GS
1968	Philadelphia Eagles	NFL	35	LLB	10
1969	PhiladelphiaEagles	NFL	35	LLB	13	1970
1970	Philadelphia Eagles	NFL	35	LLB	14
1971	Philadelphia Eagles	NFL	35	RLB	2	2
1972	Philadelphia Eagles	NFL	35	LB	1	0
1972	Detroit Lions	NFL	51	LB	10	0
1972	Year	NFL			11	0
1973	Chicago Bears	NFL	54	LB	2
1974	The Hawaiians	WFL	61	RLB
1975	The Hawaiians	WFL	65	WLB

Adrian Young Career Record [Ref: 5]

Legend: NFL = National Football League. WFL = World Football League. No. = Shirt Number. LLB = Left Linebacker. RLB = Right Linebacker. LB = Linebacker. WLB = Wide Linebacker. GP = Games Played. GS = Games Started.

Interceptions

Year	Team	League	No.	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1969	Philadelphia Eagles	NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0
1970	Philadelphia Eagles	NFL	2	19	9.5	13	0
1974	The Hawaiians	WFL	1	11	11.0	11	0
1975	The Hawaiians	WFL	2	38	19.0	19	0

Adrian Young Interceptions [Ref: 5]

Legend: NFL = National Football League. WFL = World Football League. No. = Number of Interceptions Made. YDS = Yards Returned. AVG = Average Yards Returned. LG = Longest Yards returned. TD = Interceptions Returned for Touchdowns.

Fumbles

Year	Team	League	No	Lost	Own	Opp	Rec	Yds	TD
1968	PhiladelphiaEagles	NFL	0	0	0	1	1	11	0
1969	Philadelphia Eagles	NFL	0	0	1	2	3	24	0

Adrian Young Fumbles [Ref: 5]

NFL = National Football League. No. = Number of Interceptions Made. Lost = Fumbles Made (Lost). Own = fumbles Recovered (Own Team). Opp = Fumbles Recovered (Opposing Team). Rec = Total Fumbles Received. YDS = Yards Returned. TD = Interceptions Returned for Touchdowns.

AAWU (College) 1964

	OW	OL	OT	Pct	CW	CL	CT	Pct
Oregon State Beavers	8	3	0	.727	3	1	0	.750
USC Southern Califonia Trojans	7	3	0	.700	3	1	0	.750
Washington Huskies	6	4	0	.600	5	2	0	.714
UCLA California-Los Angeles Bruins	4	6	0	.400	2	2	0	.500
Stanford Cardinal	5	5	0	.500	3	4	0	.429
Oregon Ducks	7	2	1	.750	1	2	1	.375
Washington State Cougars	3	6	1	.350	1	2	1	.375
California Golden Bears	3	7	0	.300	0	4	0	.000

Athletic Association of Western Universities Standings 1964 [Ref: 6]

Adrian Young, LB, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, played Linebacker for the Southern California Trojans in 1964. [2] Note: OW=Overall Wins, OL= Overall Losses, OT=Overall Ties, CW=Conference Wins (AAWU), CL=Conference Losses (AAWU), CT=Conference Ties (AAWU)

AAWU (College) 1965

	OW	OL	OT	Pct	CW	CL	CT	Pct
UCLA California-Los Angeles Bruins	8	2	1	.773	4	0	0	1.000
USC Southern California Trojans	7	2	1	.750	4	1	0	.800
Washington State Cougars	7	3	0	.700	2	1	0	.667
Washington Huskies	5	5	0	.500	4	3	0	.571
Stanford Cardinal	6	3	1	.650	2	3	0	.400
California Golden Bears	5	5	0	.500	2	3	0	.400
Oregon State Beavers	5	5	0	.500	1	3	0	.250
Oregon Ducks	4	5	1	.450	0	5	0	.000

Athletic Association of Western Universities Standings 1965 [Ref: 7]

Adrian Young, LB, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, played Linebacker for the Southern California Trojans in 1965. [2] Note: OW=Overall Wins, OL= Overall Losses, OT=Overall Ties, CW=Conference Wins (AAWU), CL=Conference Losses (AAWU), CT=Conference Ties (AAWU)

AAWU (College) 1966

	OW	OL	OT	Pct	CW	CL	CT	Pct
USC Southern California Trojans	7	4	0	.636	4	1	0	.800
UCLA California-Los Angeles Bruins	9	1	0	.900	3	1	0	.750
Oregon State Beavers	7	3	0	.700	3	1	0	.750
Washington Huskies	6	4	0	.600	4	3	0	.571
California Golden Bears	3	7	0	.300	2	3	0	.500
Stanford Cardinal	5	5	0	.500	1	4	0	.200
Oregon Ducks	3	7	0	.300	1	3	0	.250
Washington State Cougars	3	7	0	.300	1	3	0	.250

Athletic Association of Western Universities Standings 1966 [Ref: 8]

Adrian Young, LB, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, played Linebacker for the Southern California Trojans in 1966. [2] Note: OW=Overall Wins, OL= Overall Losses, OT=Overall Ties, CW=Conference Wins (AAWU), CL=Conference Losses (AAWU), CT=Conference Ties (AAWU)

AAWU (College) 1967

	OW	OL	OT	Pct	CW	CL	CT	Pct
USC Southern California Trojans	10	1	0	.909	6	1	0	.857
Oregon State Beavers	7	2	1	.750	4	1	1	.750
UCLA California-Los Angeles Bruins	7	2	1	.750	4	1	1	.750
California Golden Bears	5	5	0	.500	2	3	0	.400
Stanford Cardinal	5	5	0	.500	3	4	0	.429
Washington Huskies	5	5	0	.500	3	4	0	.429
Oregon Ducks	2	8	0	.200	1	5	0	.167
Washington State Cougars	2	8	0	.200	1	5	0	.167

Athletic Association of Western Universities Standings 1967 [Ref: 9]

Adrian Young, LB, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, played Linebacker for the Southern California Trojans in 1967. [2] Note: OW=Overall Wins, OL= Overall Losses, OT=Overall Ties, CW=Conference Wins (AAWU), CL=Conference Losses (AAWU), CT=Conference Ties (AAWU)

NFL & AFL 1968

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Eastern Conference Capitol Division
*Dallas Cowboys	14	12	2	0	431	186	.857
New York Giants	14	7	7	0	294	325	.500
Washington Redskins	14	5	9	0	249	358	.357
Philadelphia Eagles	14	2	12	0	202	351	.143
Eastern Conference Century Division
*Cleveland Browns	14	10	4	0	394	273	.714
St. Louis Cardinals	14	9	4	1	325	289	.692
New Orleans Saints	14	4	9	1	246	327	.308
Pittsburgh Steelers	14	2	11	1	244	397	.154
Western Conference Coastal Division
*Baltimore Colts	14	13	1	0	402	144	.929
Los Angeles Rams	14	10	3	1	312	200	.769
San Francisco 49ers	14	7	6	1	303	310	.538
Atlanta Falcons	14	2	12	0	170	389	.143
Western Conference Central Division
*Minnesota Vikings	14	8	6	0	282	242	.571
Chicago Bears	14	7	7	0	250	233	.500
Green Bay Packers	14	6	7	1	281	227	.462
Detroit Lions	14	4	8	2	207	241	.333
AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Eastern Division
*New York Jets	14	11	3	0	419	280	.786
Houston Oilers	14	7	7	0	303	248	.500
Miami Dolphins	14	5	8	1	276	355	.385
Boston Patriots	14	4	10	0	229	406	.286
Buffalo Bills	14	1	12	1	199	367	.077
Western Division
*Oakland Raiders	14	12	2	0	453	233	.857
*Kansas City Chiefs	14	12	2	0	371	170	.857
San Diego Chargers	14	9	5	0	382	310	.643
Denver Broncos	14	5	9	0	255	404	.357
Cincinnati Bengals	14	3	11	0	215	329	.214

National Football League and American Football League Standings 1968 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	NFL Conference Championships
1968	Cleveland Browns	31	Dallas Cowboys	0
1968	Baltimore Colts	24	Minnesota Vikings	14
	NFL Championship
1968	Cleveland Browns	0	Baltimore Colts	34
	AFL Western Division Playoff
1968	Oakland Raiders	41	Kansas City Chiefs	6
	AFL Championship
1968	New York Jets	27	Oakland Raiders	23
	Super Bowl III		Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
1968	New York Jets (AFL)	16	Baltimore Colts (NFL)	7

National Football League and American Football League Playoffs 1968 [Ref: 1]

Adrian Young, LB, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, played Linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1968. [2]

NFL & AFL 1969

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Eastern Conference Capitol Division
*Dallas Cowboys	14	11	2	1	369	223	.846
Washington Redskins	14	7	5	2	307	319	.583
New Orleans Saints	14	5	9	0	311	393	.357
Philadelphia Eagles	14	4	9	1	279	377	.308
Eastern Conference Century Division
*Cleveland Browns	14	10	3	1	351	300	.769
New York Giants	14	6	8	0	264	298	.429
St. Louis Cardinals	14	4	9	1	314	389	.308
Pittsburgh Steelers	14	1	13	0	218	404	.071
Western Conference Coastal Division
*Los Angeles Rams	14	11	3	0	320	243	.786
Baltimore Colts	14	8	5	1	279	268	.615
Atlanta Falcons	14	6	8	0	276	268	.429
San Francisco 49ers	14	4	8	2	277	319	.333
Western Conference Central Division
*Minnesota Vikings	14	12	2	0	379	133	.857
Detroit Lions	14	9	4	1	259	188	.692
Green Bay Packers	14	8	6	0	269	221	.571
Chicago Bears	14	1	13	0	210	339	.071
AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Eastern Division
*New York Jets	14	10	4	0	353	269	.714
Houston Oilers	14	6	6	2	278	279	.500
Boston Patriots	14	4	10	0	266	316	.286
Buffalo Bills	14	4	10	0	230	359	.286
Miami Dolphins	14	3	10	1	233	332	.231
Western Division
*Oakland Raiders	14	12	1	1	371	242	.923
Kansas City Chiefs	14	11	3	0	359	177	.786
San Diego Chargers	14	8	6	0	268	276	.571
Denver Broncos	14	5	8	1	297	344	.385
Cincinnati Bengals	14	4	9	1	280	367	.308

National Football League and American Football League Standings 1969 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	NFL Conference Championships
1969	Dallas Cowboys	14	Cleveland Browns	38
1969	Minnesota Vikings	23	Los Angeles Rams	20
	NFL Championship
1969	Minnesota Vikings	27	Cleveland Browns	7
	AFL Divisional Playoffs
1969	New York Jets	6	Kansas City Chiefs	13
1969	Oakland Raiders	56	Houston Oilers	7
	AFL Championship
1969	Oakland Raiders	7	Kansas City Chiefs	17
	Super Bowl IV		Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, La.
1969	Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)	23	Minnesota Vikings (NFL)	7

National Football League and American Football League Playoffs 1969 [Ref: 1]

Adrian Young, LB, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, played Linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1969. [2]

NFL 1970

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
AFC Eastern Division
*Baltimore Colts	14	11	2	1	321	234	.846
*Miami Dolphins	14	10	4	0	297	228	.714
New York Jets	14	4	10	0	255	286	.286
Buffalo Bills	14	3	10	1	204	337	.231
Boston Patriots	14	2	12	0	149	361	.143
AFC Central Division
*Cincinnati Bengals	14	8	6	0	312	255	.571
Cleveland Browns	14	7	7	0	286	265	.500
Pittsburgh Steelers	14	5	9	0	210	272	.357
Houston Oilers	14	3	10	1	217	352	.231
AFC Western Division
*Oakland Raiders	14	8	4	2	300	293	.667
Kansas City Chiefs	14	7	5	2	272	244	.583
San Diego Chargers	14	5	6	3	282	278	.455
Denver Broncos	14	5	9	1	253	264	.385
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
NFC Eastern Division
*Dallas Cowboys	14	10	4	0	299	271	.714
New York Giants	14	9	5	0	301	270	.643
St. Louis Cardinals	14	8	5	1	325	228	.615
Washington Redskins	14	6	8	0	297	314	.429
Philadelphia Eagles	14	3	10	1	241	332	.231
NFC Central Division
*Minnesota Vikings	14	12	2	0	335	143	.857
*Detroit Lions	14	10	4	0	347	202	.714
Green Bay Packers	14	6	8	0	196	293	.429
Chicago Bears	14	6	8	0	256	261	.429
NFC Western Division
*San Francisco 49ers	14	10	3	1	352	267	.769
Los Angeles Rams	14	9	4	1	325	202	.692
Atlanta Falcons	14	4	8	2	206	261	.333
New Orleans Saints	14	2	11	1	172	347	.154

National Football League Standings 1970 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	AFC Divisional Playoffs
1970	Baltimore Colts	17	Cincinnati Bengals	0
1970	Oakland Raiders	21	Miami Dolphins	14
	AFC Championship
1970	Baltimore Colts	27	Oakland Raiders	17
	NFC Divisional Playoffs
1970	Dallas Cowboys	5	Detroit Lions	0
1970	Minnesota Vikings	14	San Francisco 49ers	17
	NFC Championship
1970	San Francisco 49ers	10	Dallas Cowboys	17
	Super Bowl V		Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
1970	Baltimore Colts (AFC)	16	Dallas Cowboys (NFC)	13

National Football League Playoffs 1970 [Ref: 1]

Adrian Young, LB, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, played Linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1970. [2]

NFL 1971

	P	W	L	`T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
AFC Eastern Division
*Miami Dolphins	14	10	3	1	315	174	.769
*Baltimore Colts	14	10	4	0	313	140	.714
New England Patriots	14	6	8	0	238	325	.429
New York Jets	14	6	8	0	212	299	.429
Buffalo Bills	14	1	13	0	184	394	.071
AFC Central Division
*Cleveland Browns	14	9	5	0	285	273	.643
Pittsburgh Steelers	14	6	8	0	246	292	.429
Houston Oilers	14	4	9	1	251	330	.308
Cleveland Browns	14	4	10	0	284	265	.286
AFC Western Division
*Kansas City Chiefs	14	10	3	1	302	208	.789
Oakland Raiders	14	8	4	2	344	278	.667
San Diego Chargers	14	6	8	0	311	341	.429
Denver Broncos	14	4	9	1	203	275	.308
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
NFC Eastern Division
*Dallas Cowboys	14	11	3	0	406	222	.786
*Washington Redskins	14	9	4	1	276	190	.692
Philadelphia Eagles	14	6	7	1	221	302	.462
St. Louis Cardinals	14	4	9	1	231	279	.308
New York Giants	14	4	10	0	228	362	.286
NFC Central Division
*Minnesota Vikings	14	11	3	0	245	139	.786
Detroit Lions	14	7	6	1	341	286	.538
Chicago Bears	14	6	8	0	185	276	.429
Green Bay Packers	14	4	8	2	274	298	.333
NFC Western Division
*San Francisco 49ers	14	9	5	0	300	216	.643
Los Angeles Rams	14	8	5	1	313	260	.615
Atlanta Falcons	14	7	6	1	274	277	.538
New Orleans Saints	14	4	8	2	266	347	.333

National Football League Standings 1971 [Ref: 1]

Adrian Young, LB, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, played Linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1971. [2]

NFL 1972

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
AFC Eastern Division
*Miami Dolphins	14	14	0	0	385	171	1.000
New York Jets	14	7	7	0	367	324	.500
Baltimore Colts	14	5	9	0	235	252	.357
Buffalo Bills	14	4	9	1	257	377	.321
New England Patriots	14	3	11	0	192	446	.214
AFC Central Division
*Pittsburgh Steelers	14	11	3	0	343	175	.786
*Cleveland Browns	14	10	4	0	268	249	.714
Cincinnati Bengals	14	8	6	0	299	229	.571
Houston Oilers	14	1	13	0	164	380	.071
AFC Western Division
*Oakland Raiders	14	10	3	1	365	248	.750
Kansas City Chiefs	14	8	6	0	287	254	.571
Denver Broncos	14	5	9	0	325	350	.357
San Diego Chargers	14	4	9	1	264	344	.321
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
NFC Eastern Division
*Washington Redskins	14	11	3	0	336	218	.786
*Dallas Cowboys	14	10	4	0	319	240	.714
New York Giants	14	8	6	0	331	247	.571
St. Louis Cardinals	14	4	9	1	193	303	.321
Philadelphia Eagles	14	2	11	1	145	352	.179
NFC Central Division
*Green Bay Packers	14	10	4	0	304	226	.714
Detroit Lions	14	8	5	1	339	290	.607
Minnesota Vikings	14	7	7	0	301	252	.500
Chicago Bears	14	4	9	1	225	275	.321
NFC Western Division
*San Francisco 49ers	14	8	5	1	353	249	.607
Atlanta Falcons	14	7	7	0	269	274	.500
Los Angeles Rams	14	6	7	1	291	286	.464
New Orleans Saints	14	2	11	1	215	361	.179

National Football League Standings 1972 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	AFC Divisional Playoffs
1972	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	Oakland Raiders	7
1972	Miami Dolphins	20	Cleveland Browns	14
	AFC Championship
1972	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	Miami Dolphins	21
	NFC Divisional Playoffs
1972	San Francisco 49ers	28	Dallas Cowboys	30
1972	Washington Redskins	16	Green Bay Packers	3
	NFC Championship
1972	Washington Redskins	26	Dallas Cowboys	3
	Super Bowl VII		Memorial Colisseum, LA, Ca.
1972	Miami Dolphins (AFC)	14	Washington Redskins	7

National Football League Playoffs 1972 [Ref: 1]

Adrian Young, LB, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, played Linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions in 1972. [2]

NFL 1973

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
AFC Eastern Division
*Miami Dolphins	14	12	2	0	343	150	.857
Buffalo Bills	14	9	5	0	259	230	.643
New England Patriots	14	5	9	0	258	300	.357
New York Jets	14	4	10	0	240	306	.286
Baltimore Colts	14	4	10	0	226	341	.286
AFC Central Division
*Cincinnati Bengals	14	10	4	0	286	231	.714
*Pittsburgh Steelers	14	10	4	0	347	210	.714
Cleveland Browns	14	7	5	2	234	255	.571
Houston Oilers	14	1	13	0	199	447	.071
AFC Western Division
*Oakland Raiders	14	9	4	1	292	175	.679
Kansas City Chiefs	14	7	5	2	231	192	.571
Denver Broncos	14	7	5	2	354	296	.571
San Diego Chargers	14	2	11	1	188	386	.179
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
NFC Eastern Division
*Dallas Cowboys	14	10	4	0	382	203	.714
*Washington Redskins	14	10	4	0	325	198	.714
Philadelphia Eagles	14	5	8	1	310	393	.393
St. Louis Cardinals	14	4	9	1	286	365	.321
New York Giants	14	2	11	1	226	362	.179
NFC Central Division
*Minnesota Vikings	14	12	2	0	296	168	.857
Detroit Lions	14	6	7	1	271	247	.464
Green Bay Packers	14	5	7	2	202	259	.429
Chicago Bears	14	3	11	0	195	334	.214
NFC Western Division
*Los Angeles Rams	14	12	2	0	388	178	.857
Atlanta Falcons	14	9	5	0	318	224	.643
San Francisco 49ers	14	5	9	0	262	319	.357
New Orleans Saints	14	5	9	0	163	312	.357

National Football League Standings 1973 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	AFC Divisional Playoffs
1973	Oakland Raiders	33	Pittsburgh Steelers	14
1973	Miani Dolphins	34	Cincinnati Bengals	16
	AFC Championship
1973	Miami Dolphins	27	Oakland Raiders	10
	NFC Divisional Playoffs
1973	Minnesota Vikings	27	Washington Redskins	20
1973	Dallas Cowboys	27	Los Angeles Rams	16
	NFC Championship
1973	Dallas Cowboys	10	Minnesota Vikings	27
	Super Bowl VIII		Rice Stadium, Houston, Texas
1973	Miami (AFC)	24	Minnesota Vikings (NFC)	7

National Football League Playoffs 1973 [Ref: 1]

Adrian Young, LB, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, played Linebacker for the Chicago Bears in 1973. [2]

WFL 1974

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Eastern Division
*Florida Blazers	20	14	6	0	419	280	.700
Charlotte Hornets	20	10	10	0	467	350	.500
*Philadelphia Bell	20	9	11	0	493	413	.450
Jacksonville Sharks	14	4	10	0	258	358	.286
Central Division
*Memphis Southmen	20	17	3	0	629	365	.850
*Birmingham Americans	20	15	5	0	503	394	.750
Chicago Fire	20	7	13	0	446	622	.350
Detroit Wheels	14	1	13	0	209	358	.071
Western Division
*Southern California Sun	20	13	7	0	486	622	.350
*The Hawaiians	20	9	11	0	413	425	.450
Portland Storm	20	7	12	1	204	426	.375
Shreveport Steamer	20	7	12	1	240	415	.375

World Football League Standings 1974 [Ref: 2]

First Round Playoffs
Florida Blazers	18	Philadelphia Bell	3
Honolulu Hawaiians	32	Southern California Sun	14
Semi-Finals
Florida Blazers	18	Memphis Southmen	15
Birmingham Americans	22	Honolulu Hawaiians	19
World Bowl 74
Birmingham Americans	22	Florida Blazers	21

References: [1]

Adrian Young, LB, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, played Linebacker for the Hawaiians in 1974. [2]

WFL 1975

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Eastern Division
Birmingham Vulcans	12	9	3	0	257	186	.750
Memphis Southmen	11	7	4	0	254	206	.636
Charlotte Hornets	11	6	5	0	225	199	.545
Jacksonville Express	11	6	5	0	227	247	.545
Philadelphia Bell	11	4	7	0	195	237	.364
Western Division
Southern California Sun	12	7	5	0	354	341	.583
San Antonio Wings	13	7	6	0	364	268	.538
Shreveport Steamer	12	5	7	0	276	313	.417
The Hawaiians	11	4	7	0	213	269	.364
Portland Thunder	11	4	7	0	210	281	.364
Chicago Winds	5	1	4	0	67	125	.200

World Football League Standings 1975 [Ref: 2]

Adrian Young, LB, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, played Linebacker for the Hawaiians in 1975. [3]

References

Bibliography

[1] National Football League (2014) “Past Standings 1968-1973” 2014 NFL Record & Fact Book. pp. 393-395.

Websites

[2] Bob Braunwart, The Coffin Corner, Pro Football Researchers Association (1988) WFL by Team Records [Internet] Available from: http://profootballresearchers.com/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/10-03-337.pdf [Accessed 9 October 2018]

[3] Pro Football Archives (2019) Adrian Young [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/playery/youn00400.html [Accessed 12 October 2019]

[4] O’Callaghan, Eoin (2020) “Hollywood, the NFL and OJ – the remarkable tale of the Dublin kid who lived the American dream” The 42 Sunday, February 2, 2020. [Internet] Available from: https://www.the42.ie/adrian-young-nfl-4987121-Feb2020/ [Accessed 5 February 2020]

[5] Pro Football Archives (12020)ADRIAN YOUNG [Internet] Available from:http://www.profootballarchives.com/playery/youn00400.html [Accessed 12 October 2019]

[6] Sports Reference (2020) 1964 College Football Standings [Internet] Available from: https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1964-standings.html [Accessed 2 April 2020]

[7] Sports Reference (2020) 1965 College Football Standings [Internet] Available from: https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1965-standings.html [Accessed 2 April 2020]

[8] Sports Reference (2020) 1966 College Football Standings [Internet] Available from: https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1966-standings.html [Accessed 2 April 2020]

[9] Sports Reference (2020) 1967 College Football Standings [Internet] Available from: https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1967-standings.html [Accessed 2 April 2020]

[10] NASL Jersey (2016) Adrian Young in action for the Philadelphia Eagles a versus the New York Giants Preseason 1971 [Internet] Available from: https://www.nasljerseys.com/images/2013Images/2013WFL/NFL/Eagles%2070%20Road%20Back%20Nate%20Ramsey%20(24),%20Adrian%20Young%20(35),%20Giants.jpg [Accessed 9 April 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tim Leadingham

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Tom Furlong Irish-Born Professional American Football Player 1965-1966

Tom Furlong

Born: 1942, in Daingean, County Offaly, Ireland

Died: May 14, 2015, Boynton Beach, Florida.

Metrics: Height:6-0. Weight: 185

High School: Christian Brothers.

National Amateur: Offaly

College: None

Professional: New York Giants – (National Football League) Practice Squad 1965, Atlanta Falcons (National Football League) Preseason 1966 , Brooklyn Dodgers, (Continental Football League) 1966.

Position: Kicker

Career Statistics (Professional): Field Goals Made: 2 Field Goals Attempted: 10 Extra Points Made: 19. Extra Points Attempted: 21.

Biography: Tom Furlong was born in Daingean, County Offaly and played Inter-County Football for Offaly before being banned by the County Board for playing soccer and emigrated to New York. Sitting in a bar in New York in 1964, he overheard members of the New York Giants coaching staff lamenting the quality of their kickers (the Giants were having a woeful season) and having seen the game on TV, thought there was nothing to it a GAA player could not do and volunteered to try out. He got on the practice squad for the Giants in 1965, leading to interviews with the New York Times and other newspapers with Irish-American connections.

The Giants brought in a new kicker the following season but Irish-American community leaders, seeing the value of an Irish-born player in the NFL, arranged tryouts with the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots. He was signed by the Falcons to a contract for $12, 000 a year, but unfortunately tore his cruciate ligament in training four days before the start of the season.

Furlong didn’t give up on a pro career, however, as he was only working as a carpet fitter at the time, a good job, but not paying nearly as much as Professional Football, and signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the Continental Football League where he played the 1966 season before retiring, as he thought his kicking was never as good after the injury.

Reference: [3-4]

Tom Furlong Career Statistics

Year	No.	Team	League	Position	GP	GS
1966	21	Brooklyn Dodgers	CoFL	K	6	0

Tom Furlong Career Statistics [Ref: 6]

Legend: No. = Shirt Number. CoFL = Continental Football League. K = Kicker. GP = Games Played. GS = Games Started.

Kicking

Year	Team	League	FG	FGA	Pct	XP1	XP1A	Pct	Pts
1966	Brooklyn Dodgers	CoFL	2	10	20.0	19	21	90.5	25

Tom Furlong Kicking Statistics [Ref: 6]

Legend: CoFL = Continental Football League. FG = Field Goals (Successful). FGA = Field Goals Attempted. Pct = Percentage. XP1 = Extra Points (Successful). XP1A = Extra Points attempted. Pts = Total Points (3 Pts FG, 1 Pt XP1)

Punting

Year	Team	League	No.	YDS	AVG	LG	BLOCK
1966	Brooklyn Dodgers	CoFL	1	10	10.0	10	0

Tom Furlong Punting Statistics [Ref: 6]

Legend: CoFL = Continental Football League. No. = Number of Punts Made. YDS = Yards Punted. AVG = Average Yards Punted. LG = Longest Punt. BLOCK = Punts Blocked.

NFL 1965

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Eastern Conference
*Cleveland Browns	14	11	3	0	363	325	.786
Dallas Cowboys	14	7	7	0	325	280	.500
New York Giants	14	7	7	0	270	338	.500
Washington Redskins	14	6	8	0	257	301	.429
Philadelphia Eagles	14	5	9	0	363	359	.357
St. Louis Cardinals	14	5	9	0	296	309	.357
Pittsburgh Steelers	14	2	12	0	202	397	.143
Western Conference
*Green Bay Packers	14	10	3	1	316	224	.769
Baltimore Colts	14	10	3	1	389	284	.769
Chicago Bears	14	9	5	0	409	275	.643
San Francisco 49ers	14	7	6	1	421	402	.538
Minnesota Vikings	14	7	7	0	383	403	.500
Detroit Lions	14	6	7	1	257	295	.462
Los Angeles Rams	14	4	10	0	269	328	.286

National Football League Standings 1965 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Western Playoff
1965	Green Bay Packers	13	Baltimore Colts	10 OT
	NFL Championship
1965	Green Bay Packers	23	Cleveland Browns	12

National Football League Playoffs 1965 [Ref: 1]

Tom Furlong, who was born in Co. Offaly, Ireland, was on the Practice Squad of the New York Giants in 1965 [Ref: 3-4]

NFL Preseason 1966

	P	W	L	T	Pct
Baltimore Colts	5	5	0	0	1.000
Dallas Cowboys	5	5	0	0	1.000
Chicago Bears	4	3	1	0	.750
Minnesota Vikings	5	3	1	1	.750
Philadelphia Eagles	5	3	2	0	.600
Cleveland Browns	5	3	2	0	.600
New York Giants	5	3	2	0	.600
Los Angeles Rams	5	3	2	0	.600
Green Bay Packers	4	2	2	0	.500
St. Louis Cardinals	5	2	3	0	.400
Washington Redskins	4	1	3	0	.250
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	1	4	0	.200
Atlanta Falcons	5	1	4	0	.200
Detroit Lions	5	0	4	1	.000
San Francisco 49ers	5	0	5	0	.000

National Football League Preseason Standings 1966 [Ref: 5]

Tom Furlong, who was born in Co. Offaly, Ireland, played Kicker for the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL preseason 1966 [Ref: 3-4]

CoFL 1966

	P	W	L	T
West Division
Orlando Panthers	14	12	2	0
Charleston Rockets	14	10	4	0
Montreal Beavers	14	7	7	0
Richmond Rebels	14	4	10	0
Wheeling Ironmen	14	0	14	0
East Division
Toronto Rifles	14	9	5	0
Philadelphia Bulldogs	14	9	5	0
Norfolk Neptunes	14	8	6	0
Hartford Charter Oaks	14	6	8	0
Brooklyn Dodgers	14	5	9	0

Continental Football League Standings 1966 [Ref: 2]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	CoFL Championship
1966	Philadelphia Bulldogs	W

Continental Football League Playoffs 1966 [Ref: 2]

Tom Furlong, who was born in Co. Offaly, Ireland, played as Kicker for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1966. [Ref: 3-4]

References:

Bibliography

[1] National Football League (2014) “Past Standings” 2014 NFL Record & Factbook . pg. 396.

Websites:

[2] Greater Northwest Football Alliance (2017) Continental Football League (1965-1969) [Internet] Available from: http://www.gnfafootball.org/continentalleague.htm [Accessed 30 August 2017]

Sources:

[3] Hannigan, Dara (1987) “Greening of the Gridiron” The Sunday Tribune , 27 July 1987. Sportweek, pg. 10 [Available online at the British Newspaper Archive: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ ]

[4] Irish Independent (2014) Tom Furlong and the NFL career that slipped away [Internet] Available from: https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/offalys-tom-furlong-and-the-nfl-career-that-slipped-away-30549405.html [Accessed 2 April 2020]

[5] Anon. (1966) NFL Exhibition Final Standings El Paso Herald Post. September 5 1966. pg. 19 [Internet] Available from: https://newspaperarchive.com/el-paso-herald-post-sep-05-1966-p-19/ [Accessed 2 April 2020]

[6] Pro Football Archives (2020)1966 Brooklyn Dodgers Continental Football League [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1966coflbkn.html [Accessed 2 April 2020]

Images:

[7] Irish Independent (2014) Tom Furlong and the NFL career that slipped away [Internet] Available from: https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/25ee2/30549403.ece/AUTOCROP/w1240h700/2014-08-31_spo_3142175_I1.JPG [Accessed 2 April 2020]

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Major League Football Schedules and Match Reports 1920

Standings

American Professional Football Association Standings 1920

Pos	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
1	Canton Bulldogs	2	0	0	1.000	90	0	90	W2
2	Buffalo All-Americans	2	0	0	1.000	83	6	77	W2
3	Akron Pros	2	0	0	1.000	71	0	71	W2
3	Rock Island Independents	2	0	0	1.000	71	0	71	W2
5	Decatur Staleys	2	0	0	1.000	47	7	40	W2
6	Dayton Triangles	1	0	1	0.500	14	0	14	T1
7	Detroit Heralds	1	0	0	1.000	40	14	26	W1
8	Rochester Jeffersons	1	0	0	1.000	10	0	10	W1
9	Cincinnati Celts	1	0	0	1.000	6	0	6	W1
10	Chicago Cardinals	0	0	1	0.000	0	0	0	T1
10	Chicago Tigers	0	0	1	0.000	0	0	0	T1
10	Cleveland Tigers	0	0	1	0.000	0	0	0	T1
13	Minneapolis Marines	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
14	Hammond Pros	0	1	0	0.000	0	26	-26	L1
15	Toledo Maroons	0	1	0	0.000	0	42	-42	L1
16	Muncie Flyers	0	1	0	0.000	0	45	-45	L1
17	Columbus Panhandles	0	2	0	0.000	0	51	-51	L2

Major Independent Football Schedule Standings 1920

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts	Streak
1	All-Tonawanda Lumberjacks	2	0	1.000	103	0	103	W2
2	Youngstown Patricians	2	0	1.000	36	14	22	W2
3	Chicago Pullman Thorns	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
3	Lansing Oldsmobiles	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
3	McKeesport Olympics	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
3	Rochester Scalpers	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
3	Rockford AC	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
3	Syracuse Stars	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0
9	Akron Independents	0	1	0.000	14	15	-1	L1
10	Fort Wayne Friars	0	1	0.000	0	6	-6	L1
11	Utica Knights of Columbus	0	1	0.000	0	7	-7	L1
12	Kewanee Walworths	0	1	0.000	7	27	-20	L1
13	Moline Athletics / Tractors	0	1	0.000	0	20	-20	L1
14	West Buffalo	0	1	0.000	6	32	-26	L1
15	Wheeling Stogies	0	1	0.000	0	34	-34	L1
16	Pitcairn Quakers	0	1	0.000	0	48	-48	L1
17	All-Buffalo	0	2	0.000	0	61	-61	L2
18	Cleveland Panthers	0	2	0.000	14	78	-64	L2

Schedule

Note: To View Match Reports and scorers for Individual Games please click on the game you wish to read about in the Schedule below to be brought to that games event page.

Major League Football 1920


Match Day Week 1
October 3, 1920 (Week 1) 34 - 0 N/A Akron Pros vs Wheeling Stogies
October 3, 1920 (Week 1) 14 - 0 N/A Dayton Triangles vs Columbus Panhandles
October 3, 1920 (Week 1) 45 - 0 N/A Rock Island Independents vs Muncie Flyers
October 3, 1920 (Week 1) 48 - 0 N/A Canton Bulldogs vs Pitcairn Quakers
October 3, 1920 (Week 1) 38 - 0 N/A All-Tonawanda Lumberjacks vs Cleveland Panthers
October 3, 1920 (Week 1) 32 - 6 N/A Buffalo All-Americans vs West Buffalo
October 3, 1920 (Week 1) 10 - 0 N/A Rochester Jeffersons vs All-Buffalo
October 3, 1920 (Week 1) 20 - 0 N/A Decatur Staleys vs Moline Athletics / Tractors
October 3, 1920 (Week 1) 21 - 0 N/A Youngstown Patricians vs Sharon
October 3, 1920 (Week 1) 6 - 0 N/A Cincinnati Celts vs Fort Wayne Friars
October 3, 1920 (Week 1) 7 - 0 N/A All-Syracuse vs Utica Knights of Columbus
Match Day Week 2
October 10, 1920 (Week 2) 0 - 0 N/A Chicago Tigers vs Chicago Cardinals
October 10, 1920 (Week 2) 26 - 0 N/A Rock Island Independents vs Hammond Pros
October 10, 1920 (Week 2) 37 - 0 N/A Akron Pros vs Columbus Panhandles
October 10, 1920 (Week 2) 0 - 0 N/A Dayton Triangles vs Cleveland Tigers
October 10, 1920 (Week 2) 40 - 14 N/A Detroit Heralds vs Cleveland Panthers
October 10, 1920 (Week 2) 42 - 0 N/A Canton Bulldogs vs Toledo Maroons
October 10, 1920 (Week 2) 27 - 7 N/A Decatur Staleys vs Kewanee Walworths
October 10, 1920 (Week 2) 51 - 0 N/A Buffalo All-Americans vs All-Buffalo
October 10, 1920 (Week 2) 65 - 0 N/A All-Tonawanda Lumberjacks vs All-Syracuse
October 10, 1920 (Week 2) 15 - 14 N/A Youngstown Patricians vs Akron Independents

NOTES

Note: R = Cancelled due to Rain. # Cancelled by the team with the (#) after its score. Considered a forfeit win for the other team by Eirball – Awarded 1-0 (#) CT = Cancelled due to train crash involving visiting Pitcairn team on way to match, no Pitcairn player was hurt. ^ Minor league Opposition thus not counted towards NFL Standings by Eirball.

Note 2: Cincinnati Celts and Minneapolis Marines joined the APFA in 1921 and the Toledo Maroons joined the NFL in 1922.

Note 3: Teams labelled Independent played matches against Official APFA teams. Teams labelled Minor League played matches against “Independents”.

Note 4: While an Official member of the APFA, Muncie Flyers failed the schedule another game after losing heavily to Rock Island Independents on the opening day of the season. Players signed on with other Indiana teams (in particular Muncie Tigers and Wabash AA) as well as APFA team Dayton Triangles. At the end of the season they scheduled three games against Gas City Tigers and Muncie Tigers who both finished the Indiana State Football season with 9-0 records, and the Flyers won all three matches claiming the Indiana State Football Championship in the process. whether their record is to be considered a 3-1 APFA half-season, or an Indiana State Championship season is open to debate. Other APFA teams (Rochester Jeffersons, Hammond Pros, Decatur Staleys, Buffalo All-Americans, Columbus Panhandles, Detroit Heralds and Chicago Cardinals) all also played more non-APFA teams than APFA teams, and other teams in the two seasons the NFL was known as the APFA played a half-schedule: Cincinnati Celts (1-3 in 1920 and 0-4 in 1921), Toledo Maroons (1-3 in 1920) and Tonawanda Kardex (0-2-1 in 1921 with one game cancelled).

IRISH PLAYERS

Bertie Maher, DE, who was born in Co. Mayo, played Defensive End for the Detroit Heralds in 1920. [2][3]

Bob Nash, DE/OT, who was born in Collinstown, Ireland, Played Defensive End & Offensive Tackle for the Akron Pros in 1920 [2][7]

Allen “Pat” McGinnis, who has an Irish name, was player-manager for the Evansville Ex-Collegians in 1920

Youngstown Patricians appear to be named after St. Patrick. On the 22 November 1920, the day the Patricians defeated St. Edwards Saints for the City Championship, the Youngstown Daily Vindicator’s Front Page Headline was ” Battles in Ireland Follow Bloody Day” (Monday, November 22, 1920). They started off as the Church team in St. Patrick’s Parish, before becoming the city’s team. The team was made up of Irish, Poles and Italians, tough men who worked in the steel mills. [Reference: 45]

Cincinnati Celts are another team with an Irish name,albeit one referencing all Celts. George Roudebush was Quarterback for the Cincinnati Celts and his revolutionary use of the foward pass changed football. He remembered the Celts as a team run “by a bunch of wild Irishmen” and was 93 years old in 1988 when interviewed, with his wits still sharp, remembering dates, names nicknames, figures, events and conversations from the era, making him the oldest living NFL player at the time. [Reference: 42]

Bert Maher, born in Co. Mayo, played in the first season for the Detroit Heralds. Bob Nash, played six seasons (1920-1925) for the Akron Pros, Buffalo All-Americans, Rochester J effersons & New York Giants. There was an Player-Manager for the Evansville Ex-Collegians in 1920 with an Irish name: Allen “Pat” McGinnis. Youngstown Patricians included players with names such as Ray Kenealy, Kennedy, Connors and Corcoran.

About the APFA (American Professional Football Association)

After spirallaing wages threatened to destroy the game with players continually jumping from team to team in the Ohio, Pennsylvania & New York Pro Football Circuits, looking for the best pay packet, four teams from Ohio – the Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians & Dayton Triangles, met in Canton, Ohio, to form a Pro Football League, and invited the top teams from Ohio, New York & Pennsylvania to join them in order to play under a common set of rules, and better organise finances. These states were the hotbed of Pro Football in USA, and the League they formed, the American Professional Football Association, changed its’ name for the 1922 season to the National Football League, laying the foundations for the hugely popular, and lucrative NFL of today.

In its early days, the NFL was still a Minor League, second to College Football in terms of status in the eyes of the Media & fans, and far less popular than Baseball. In 1926 it decided to consolidate the best players on the rosters of a fewer teams, reducing the league from 22 teams to 12. There was no official schedule in 1920, teams arranged their own schedules, often against non-APFA teams. There was a nine week regular season, followed by semi-official playoffs aranged after the season ended to determine a champion between the top 5 in the APFA. In total 14 teams entered the APFA season in 1920, although one – the Muncie Flyers disbanded after one big loss at the start and reformed three weeks from the end only playing from then on Independent teams. Another three teams who played APFA teams also appear to have only played a half schedule of four games – Cincinnati Celts, Toledo Maroons and Youngstown Patricians. Other Independently Scheduled teams also played matches against APFA teams – there were 20 of these in Total. The Cincinnati Celts, Toledo Maroons and Minneapolis Marines, although officially Independent were to join the APFA in 1921 and in 1920 played the bulk of their games versus APFA teams and so are included in the Unofficial APFA Standings by Eirball. The Other 17 Independent teams who played APFA teams are included in their own Unofficial Independent Schedule Standings.

Week 1 Report

Canton Bulldogs, the team who formed the APFA a year previously, easily disposed of non-APFA team Pitcairn Quakers from Pennsylvania 48-0. Another Ohio team, and also early favourite for the title, Akron Pros similarly defeated Wheeling Stogies of West Virginia 43-0. In Upsate New York, Buffalo All-Americans won 32-6 versus All-Buffalo and Rochester Jeffersons defeated All-Buffalo 10-0. All four of those games were between an APFA team and an Independent team. Meanwhile, two non-APFA games in Ohio featured Irish teams which were later to play APFA teams: Cincinnati Celts winning 6-0 versus Fort Wayne Friars; and Youngstown Patricians, who claimed the World Championship in 1916, who won 21-0 at home versus Sharon. Decatur Staleys, who in two years were to become the Chicago Bears, but who even then in 1920 were still coached by legendary Bears coach George Halas, had some trouble with non-APFA team Moline Tractors, winning 20-0.

All-Tonawanda knocked off Cleveland Panthers 38-0 in another game between two non-APFA teams who were to play APFA teams later in the season. Rock Island Independents of Illinois, who the week previously had defeated St. Paul’s Ideals 48-0 in the first game to feature an APFA team, were this week involved in a one-sided game with Muncie Flyers of Indiana. The Independents were 31-0 up at halftime and took it easy in the second half winning 45-0. All other APFA teams cancelled games with Muncie following this fearing low gate recepits from a match with a sub-standard team. The other APFA game that week besides the Rock Island-Muncie game that featured two APFA teams, in fact, the first ever game featuring two APFA teams saw Dayton Triangles defeat Columbus Panhandles, both from Ohio, 14-0.

REFERENCES

WEBSITES

[1] National Football League (2014) “Past Standings | 1920-1926” 2014 Official NFL Record & Factbook” pg. 398-399. National football League, Time Home Entertainment. 2014.

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[3] Pro Football Archives (2019) Detroit Heralds 1920 [Internet] Available from: https://www.profootballarchives.com/1920apfadet.html [Accessed 11 October 2019]

[4] Arizona Cardinals (2020) Schedule [1920] [Internet] Available from: https://www.azcardinals.com/schedule/1920/ [Accessed 19 September 2020]

[5] Marc S. Maltby, The Coffin Corner Vol. 14 No. 4, Pro Football Researchers Association (1992) Evansville 1920-1922: The Early Stuggles of Professional Football – [Internet] Available from: http://www.profootballresearchers.org/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/14-04-466.pdf [Accessed 18 September 2020]

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[8] Chicago Bears (2020) Schedule [1920] [Internet] available from: https://www.chicagobears.com/schedule/1920/ [Accessed 19 September 2020]

[10] Google News: Youngsown Vindicator, October 4, 1920. Canton Trims Pitcairn Team [Internet] Available from: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dGxKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QYYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2868%2C2793544 [Accessed 19 September 2020]

[11] Google News: Youngsown Vindicator, October 11, 1920. pg. 10 Canton Stops Toledo Eleven [Internet] Available from: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=pqgf-8x9CmQC&dat=19201011&printsec=frontpage&hl=en [Accessed 19 September 2020]

[12] Google News: Youngsown Vindicator, October 11, 1920. pg. 10 Panhandles lose to Akron [Internet] Available from: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=pqgf-8x9CmQC&dat=19201011&printsec=frontpage&hl=en [Accessed 19 September 2020]

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Decy Maher.

ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 13 August 2021

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts
1	Belfast Blitzers	9	1	0.900	449	47	402
2	Dublin Tornadoes	6	4	0.600	121	164	-43
3	Carrickfergus Cougars	4	6	0.400	99	126	-27
4	Coleraine Chieftains	1	9	0.100	58	234	-176
5	East Side Jets	1	9	0.100	10	284	-274

Date	Event	Time/Results	Venue	Article	Match Day
1987-09-12 06:09:23September 12, 1987	Belfast Blitzers vs Craigavon Cowboys	20 - 28		Recap	Semi-Finals
1987-09-13 14:00:10September 13, 1987	Dublin Celts vs Belfast Giants	43 - 0	Drogheda Rugby Club, Drogheda, Co. Louth	Recap	Semi-Finals
1987-09-26 15:00:18September 26, 1987	Dublin Celts vs Craigavon Cowboys	43 - 25	North Rugby Club, Ormeau Road, Belfast	Recap	Shamrock Bowl II