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unusual facts about Arena football



ArenaBowl XIII

In the first quarter, the Firebirds took flight first with QB Mike Pawlawski completing a 12-yard TD pass to WR–DB Eddie Brown.

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.

Chicago Politicians

Some of the Politicians, like Rich Salzer, went on to play for the Chicago Bruisers and the other charter AFL teams, the Denver Dynamite, Pittsburgh Gladiators, and Washington Commandos.

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.

Fair catch

The XFL removed the fair catch rule in an effort to make the game more "extreme." Canadian football and Arena football also do not have fair catch rules, with XFL and CFL preferring a five yard "no-yards" rule instead.

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.

Stephen Wasil

Stephen 'Steve' Wasil (born April 14, 1984) is a retired Arena football quarterback who played with the Muskegon Thunder, Texas Copperheads, Albany Firebirds, Alabama Vipers, Kansas City Command and the Tampa Bay Storm.

Texas Copperheads

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


see also

AF1

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

Anaheim Piranhas

The team was owned by future Arena Football League commissioner C. David Baker.

Buena Vista University

Jesse Schmidt, record setting wide receiver for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League who was voted as the twenty-fifth greatest wide receiver in the league's history during the 2012 Arena Football League season.

Derricks

Anthony Derricks (born 1976), former Arena Football League defensive specialist/k.o. returner stand-out

Doug Plank

In 2004, Plank was hired by Arthur Blank to be head coach of the Georgia Force, an Arena Football team he owned in addition to the Atlanta Falcons.

Hernreich

Robert Hernreich (born 1945), American basketball and arena football executive

KJEO-LD

In addition, KJEO-LD broadcasts local sports including High School football, Fresno City College men's basketball, and Central Valley Coyotes arena football on 32.1.

Nyd

New York Dragons, American football team in the now defunct Arena Football League

Rosemont, Illinois

Among these are the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, used for trade shows and gatherings; the Akoo Theater, formally known as the Rosemont Theater, used for theatrical purposes; and the Allstate Arena, used for concerts, professional wrestling (three times hosting WrestleMania), DePaul Blue Demons Basketball, Chicago Rush arena football, Chicago Sky WNBA basketball and Chicago Wolves hockey.

Russ Michna

When the Arena Football League suspended operations in 2009, Michna signed with the Chicago Slaughter of the CIFL, along with other Rush players and coaches Donovan Morgan, Bobby Sippio, Dennison Robinson, DeJuan Alfonzo, and Bob McMillen.

South Lakes High School

Andrew Siciliano, broadcaster for Fox Sports Radio, Fox Sports Net television, DirecTV Red Zone Channel, Arena Football

Stingley

Derek Stingley (born April 9, 1971), Chicago, Illinois, arena football player

Stockbridge High School

Joe Clark, Georgia Force (Arena Football League), 2008 Season, Class of 2001.

Texas Terror

Texas Terror - A franchise in the Arena Football League in the late 1990s.

US Cellular Field at the Resch Center

US Cellular Field at the Resch Center is the home field of the Green Bay Blizzard arena football team of the af2.