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18 unusual facts about Arena Football League


AF1

Arena Football League, a new Arena football league in the United States that was originally planned to be named Arena Football 1

B. J. Symons

Symons played professionally for the Houston Texans and the Chicago Bears of the NFL, the Frankfurt Galaxy and Berlin Thunder in NFL Europe, and the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League.

In 2007, he signed with the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League and was the starting quarterback.

Bryan Colangelo

In addition to his work with the Suns, he served as president of Phoenix Arena Sports (PAS), the owning entity of the Arizona Rattlers Arena Football League team and the operating entity of the Phoenix Mercury WNBA team from June 1991 through June 2002.

Chicago Politicians

The Chicago Politicians was a team formed in 1986 by Arena Football League founder Jim Foster to play an initial "test game" in Rockford, Illinois, at the MetroCentre.

Craig Kusick

His son Craig Kusick, Jr. led Wisconsin–LaCrosse to the 1995 Division III football championship as a quarterback, received the Melberger Award as the top Division III player, and later played in the Arena Football League.

Dave Benz

He also did play-by-play for college basketball, reported for Sportsnet Reporters, and was the voice of the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League.

Jeff Chase

He played one season of professional football for the Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League.

JumpTV

Among them are the Arena Football League, the University of Colorado, Arkansas State University and Ohio State University.

Lake Lanier Islands

Virgil Williams previously owned the Arena Football League's Georgia Force.

Major League Baseball logo

Since its adoption, the basic model of an athlete or equipment used for the sport in silhouette flanked by red and blue has also been incorporated in the logos of the National Basketball Association (with Jerry West as its player model), Women's National Basketball Association, Arena Football League, American Hockey League, National Lacrosse League, Indy Racing League, and Major League Gaming.

Marc Kestecher

Before Kestecher worked for ESPN, he was the play-by-play announcer for the Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League and the Albany Patroons of the CBA.

Naming rights

Team names and even whole leagues have occasionally been sold to corporate sponsors as well (examples include the New York Red Bulls in the former case, the NET10 Wireless Arena Football League for the latter), but this is generally rare in the United States and more common in other parts of the world.

Paulsboro High School

Kevin Harvey (Class of 1996), USAToday's All-USA First Team high school football player as a senior and New Jersey's all-time leading scorer with 101 touchdowns and 656 total points, he played briefly with the Milwaukee Mustangs of the Arena Football League.

Rogers Communications

Also in 2000, Rogers bought the Arena Football League team, the New England Sea Wolves and after the 2000 season, Rogers moved them to Toronto and renamed the team the Toronto Phantoms.

Texas Copperheads

The Texas Copperheads were a professional arena football that played in af2, the minor league for the Arena Football League.

The Helmet Project

The Helmet Project began in 1999 covering NCAA college football, and has since expanded to cover the NAIA, National Football League and NFL Europe, Canadian Football League, Arena Football League and af2, the United Football League, and Canadian Interuniversity Sport.

Tom Dore

Dore was also the radio voice of the Arena Football League's Chicago Rush.


Akarika Dawn

He later had a brief stint with the Austin Wranglers of the Arena Football League (AFL) and then tried his hand at rugby league, playing for the Jacksonville Axemen in Jacksonville, Florida and then the Burleigh Bears in Australia.

Atnaf Harris

Atnaf DeShawn Harris (born February 27, 1979 in Fresno, California) is an arena football wide receiver for the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League.

Bret Munsey

Previously he was the head coach for the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League (20062008), and later the Director of Player Personnel for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League.

Chris Greisen

In the first round of the playoffs, the Iron beat the Chicago Rush to advance to the Arena Football League's conference championship, but lost to the eventual ArenaBowl champion Spokane Shock 60-57.

Colston Weatherington

He played collegiately at the University of Central Missouri, and was most recently an offensive lineman–defensive lineman for the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League.

Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast

CSS also broadcasts the WNBA's Atlanta Dream, Major League Lacrosse, Southern League and South Atlantic League Minor League baseball, and previously broadcast the Arena Football League's Georgia Force, Orlando Predators and Tampa Bay Storm, and some CFL contests.

Damen Wheeler

Damen Keoki Wheeler (born September 3, 1977 in Sacramento, California) is a former XFL cornerback for the New York/New Jersey Hitmen and a current Arena Football League defensive specialist for the Los Angeles Avengers.

Darrell Shropshire

Darrell Shropshire (born March 18, 1983 in Kershaw, South Carolina) is an American arena football defensive lineman who currently plays for the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League.

Detroit Thunder

The Thunder are the third indoor football team to have called the Motor City home, following two Arena Football League teams: the four-time ArenaBowl champion Detroit Drive (1988 Arena Football League season-1993) and the Detroit Fury (2001 Arena Football League season-2004 Arena Football League season).

Devin Wyman

Devin Edward Wyman (born August 29, 1973 in East Palo Alto, California) is an American football player with the Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League.

Gene Nudo

Gene Nudo (born 1958-04-13) is a former Arena Football League coach for the Arizona Rattlers and current head coach at Fenwick High School.

J. J. Raterink

He had began working for the Quad City Mallards hockey team as well as Enterprise Rent-A-Car, when Mike Hohensee approached Raterink about becoming a back-up quarterback for the Chicago Rush in the newly re-organized Arena Football League.

Jose Davis

Jose Davis (born July 29, 1978 in Bellaire, Ohio) is an American Arena Football League quarterback who was most recently the second string quarterback for the Cleveland Gladiators before being cut to make room for former New England Patriots and New York Dragons quarterback Rohan Davey.

Lance Frazier

While there, Frazier shared the offensive backfield with Jason Geathers currently of the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League.

Lance Mitchell

Lance Robert Mitchell (born October 9, 1981 in Los Banos, California) is an American football player who is currently a free agent in both the Arena Football League as a Fullback / Linebacker and the National Football League as a Linebacker.

Lenny Taylor

After sitting out for two seasons, Taylor played for the Washington Commandos of the Arena Football League.

Nick Browder

Nick Browder (born 1975-04-08) is an quarterback who played in the Arena Football League for the Buffalo Destroyers (2000), the Grand Rapids Rampage (2001, 2003, 2005), the Detroit Fury (2002), and the Philadelphia Soul (2004) before signing with his 2006 team, the New York Dragons.

Robin E. Hernreich

Robin E. Hernreich (born 1945) is a former director of K2 Sports, an owner of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association and the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League.

Rockford Metros

The Rockford Metros was an Arena football team formed by Arena Football League founder Jim Foster for the purposes of playing a "test game" in Rockford, Illinois in the spring of 1986 at the MetroCentre.

Ryan Grigson

In 1999 he was a player personnel coordinator and assistant coach for the Buffalo Destroyers of the Arena Football League.

In 1999, he was a player personnel coordinator and assistant coach for the Buffalo Destroyers of the Arena Football League.

Trevor Misipeka

He currently plays for the Quad City Steamwheelers in the Arena Football League's af2 league.

Wendall Gaines

Wendell Gaines (born January 17, 1972 in Vernon, Texas) is an American football defensive lineman for the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League.