Irish American Football Association / Global Football

William Wagner Trophy 2007

19 May 2007 – Postal Club Tallaght – Tallaght Outlaws 0 Claremont-McKenna (CMC) Stags 67

The Tallaght Outlaws were the first Irish Club to play a National Collegiate American Football Association Division III College, when they hosted the third Global Football match in Ireland, after two involving Team Ireland in 2004 and 2005. The Stags, from Claremont, 30 miles East of Los Angeles in the Pomona Valley, in the Foothills of San Gabriel Mountains, had played the Great Britain Bulldogs the previous year in California, and as expected were comfortable winners, although the Outlaws put up a batter-than-expected match to them.

The Stags were led by quarterback Aaron Gonzales on Offense, and scored a number of spectacular touchdowns, with Mike Hirokawa and D.J. Lillard scoring numerous touchdowns, and an 80-yard return by Ryan Larson. On defense, standouts were cornerback Dan Picciotto and defensive lineman Kevin Byram.

The Outlaws, however, put in a number of good individual performances. Dan Breslin got an interception, and put in the biggest hit of the day on his way to winning the MVP Award. James Hugges, Barry Bolton and Paul O’Toole all had good games for the Tallaght side. The biggest compliment of the day came from some of the Stags staff, who said the Outlaws performance was on a par with the Great Britain Bulldogs performance the previous Autumn in California. [Ref: 1-2]

The game was named in honour of William Wagner, a Stags player who had passed away a few months previously. Notable about the College is that Bono visited in October 2007. [Ref: 5]

At Tallaght Postal Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Calremont-McKenna Stags					67
Tallaght Outlaws	0	0	0	0	0

Team	Scorers	Score
CMC	Mike Hirokawa
CMC	D.J. Lillard
CMC	Ryan Larson, 80-yard Int Return
	MVP
TAL	Dan Bresiln

CMS Stags Roster 2007

Number	Name	Position
1	Mike Hirokawa	Wide Receiver
2	Dan Picciotto	Defensive Back
3	Nick Marineau	Wide Receiver
4	Aaron Gonzales	Quarteback
5	Drew Rymer	Wide Reciver
6	Bryan Downs	Kicker / Punter
7	Spencer Clark	Running Back
8	Bobback Tehrani	Wide Receiver
9	D.J. Lillard	Running Back
11	Mark Gardiner	Running Back
12	Ben Bergsma	Quarterback
13	Nick Marineau	Wide Receiver
14	Mike McNeece	Quarterback
15	Brock Olson	Defensive Back
16	Dan Jacobson	Running Back
17	Mike Gomez	Defensive Line
18	Tonee Suetsugu	Wide Receiver
19	David Pezzola	Wide Receiver
20	Stuart Felkner	Linebacker
21	David Spiller	Defensive Back
23	Lance Rutlegde	Running Back
24	Victor Gonzalez	Defensive Back
25	Dane Rymer	Defensive Back
26	Charlie Sarosy	Defensive Back
27	Andy Sinclair	Linebacker
28	Zack Mallove	Kicker / Defensive Back
29	David Kalin	Linebacker
30	Drew Scranton	Defensive Line
31	Patrick Atwater	Linebacker
34	Andrew Barr	Running Back
36	Landon Patoc	Defensive Back
37	Kevin Walkow	Defensive Line
39	Ryan Lulow	Running Back
40	Greg Keele	Linebacker
42	Dan Adomian	Defensive Back
45	Dan Curtis	Linebacker
48	Ryan Hutchison	Linebacker
50	Jason Yu	Defensive Line
55	Austin Nieto	Offensive Line
56	Andrew Appapallai	Offensive Line
58	John Lake	Linebacker
60	Kevin Byram	Defensive Line
61	Chris Hasbrouck	Offensive Line
63	Andre Serita	Offensive Line
65	James Lotka	Offensive Line
66	Max Hodge	Offensive Line
70	Jordan Nottke	Offensive Line
73	Mike Takkinen	Offensive Line
77	William Wagner	Offensive Line
78	Jeff Manasero	Offensive Line
81	Andrew Doyle	Wide Receiver
82	Kyle Akin	Wide Reciver
85	David Reitz	Tight End
86	Brian Schulkin	Defensive Line
89	Duncan Mayshark	Defensive Line
99	Greg Hall	Defensive Line

References

Websites

[1] Irish American Football Association (2007) Outlaws play U.S. College team [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070930042409/http://www.iafl.info/ [Accessed 15 May 2020]

[4] CMS Athletics | Wayback Machine (2007) CMS Stags Football Roster 2006 (2006-07) [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20070318232813/http://cms.claremont.edu/varsitysports/footballm/roster-profiles.htm [Accessed 15 May 2020]

[5] Claremont-McKenna College | Wayback Machine (2007) Headlines [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20071026015150/http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/ [Accessed 15 May 2020]

Images

[2] Irish American Football Association (2007) Outlaws play U.S. College team: Poster [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071120020606im_/http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/outlawsstags.jpg [Accessed 15 May 2020]

[3] Irish American Football Association (2007) Outlaws play U.S. College team: “Outlaws offense lines up” [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071120020606im_/http://www.americanfootball.ie/iafl/cmstall4.jpg [Accessed 15 May 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tim Leadingham (Tallaght Outlaws)

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