The 1997 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the fifth season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Ernie Stautner in his third year, and played its home games at Waldstadion in Frankfurt, Germany. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of four wins and six losses.
After the completion of the regular season, the All-World League team was selected by members of the media.[14] Overall, Frankfurt had eight players selected.[14] The selections were:
^ ab"1997 Season in Review". The Official 1998 NFL Europe League Fact Book. pp. 218–222.
^ abHalling, Nick (April 14, 1997). "Monarchs make winning start". The Independent. London, England. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
^ ab. WorldLeague.com. June 20, 1997. Archived from the original on July 9, 1997. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
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The 1997 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the fifth season for the franchise in the World League of American Football WLAF The team was led by head coach Ernie Stautner in his third year and played its home games at Waldstadion in Frankfurt Germany They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of four wins and six losses 1997 Frankfurt Galaxy seasonGeneral managerChris HeyneHead coachErnie StautnerHome fieldWaldstadionResultsRecord4 6Division place5thPlayoff finishdid not qualify 1996 Frankfurt Galaxy 1998 Contents 1 Offseason 1 1 World League draft 2 Personnel 2 1 Staff 2 2 Roster 3 Schedule 4 Standings 5 Game summaries 5 1 Week 1 at London Monarchs 5 2 Week 2 vs Amsterdam Admirals 5 3 Week 3 at Barcelona Dragons 5 4 Week 4 vs Scottish Claymores 5 5 Week 5 at Rhein Fire 5 6 Week 6 vs Rhein Fire 5 7 Week 7 vs London Monarchs 5 8 Week 8 at Scottish Claymores 5 9 Week 9 vs Barcelona Dragons 5 10 Week 10 at Amsterdam Admirals 6 Awards 7 Notes 8 ReferencesOffseason editWorld League draft edit 1997 Frankfurt Galaxy World League draft selections Draft order Player name Position College Round Choice 1 5 Joe Garten C Colorado 2 11 Ashley Sheppard LB Clemson 3 14 Beno Bryant RB Washington 4 23 Shawn Banks LB Texas Tech 5 26 Tommy Johnson CB Alabama 6 35 Travis Hannah WR USC 7 38 Jamie Coleman CB Appalachian State 8 47 Darren Reese G Ohio 9 50 Warner Smith G Arizona 10 59 Thomas McLemore TE Southern 11 62 Steve Keim G North Carolina State 12 71 Tuineau Alipate LB Washington State 13 74 Vince Marrow TE Toledo 14 83 Rogerick Green CB Kansas State 15 86 Vernon Turner RB Carson Newman 16 95 Bruce Walker DT UCLA 17 98 John Morton WR Western Michigan 18 107 David Webb LB USC 19 110 Ronald Cherry T McNeese State 20 119 Jeff Rodgers DE Texas A amp M Kingsville 21 121 Dennis Allen S Texas A amp M 22 127 Eddie Blake G Auburn 23 128 Mike Middleton CB Indiana 24 131 Richard DeFelice K North Texas 1 Personnel editStaff edit 1997 Frankfurt Galaxy NFL Europe staff Front office General Manager Chris Heyne Deputy General Manager Tilman Engel Head coaches Head Coach Ernie Stautner Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator Quarterbacks Wide Receivers John Payne Running Backs Eric Carter Offensive Line Rod Humenuik National Coach Offensive Line Assistant Alessandro Cinelli Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator Defensive Line Ray Woodard Linebackers John Paul Young Defensive Backs Gary DeLoach 2 Roster edit 1997 Frankfurt Galaxy NFL Europe roster Quarterbacks 5 Chad May 16 Steve Pelluer 18 Steve Taneyhill Running backs 19 Jim Kitts FB 30 Bobby Phillips 20 Vernon Turner Wide receivers 81 Mario Bailey 80 Travis Hannah 88 John Morton 8 Jason Shelley Tight ends 85 Vince Marrow Offensive linemen 70 David Bailey G 77 Joe Carollo C G 65 Ron Collins T 66 Joe Garten C 71 Shawn Harper T 55 Nate Miller G 74 Andrew Moore T Defensive linemen 96 Scotty Lewis DE 90 Don Reynolds DT 97 Oscar Sturgis DE 91 Bruce Walker DT 93 David Webb DE Linebackers 56 Tuineau Alipate 44 Brian Pirone 50 Shawn Banks OLB 51 Andre Bowden OLB 57 Hillary Butler MLB Defensive backs 42 Johnny Dixon S 22 Cecil Doggette CB 43 Greg Evans 32 Chris Hall S 21 Jack Kellogg CB 39 Barron Miles Special teams 2 Scott Player P National players 94 Raphael Graetz LB nbsp 11 Jorg Heckenbach WR nbsp 86 Werner Hippler TE nbsp 9 Ralf Kleinmann K nbsp 99 Frank Messmer DE nbsp 26 Volker Schenk DB nbsp 24 Ingo Seibert RB nbsp Rookies in italics 2 Schedule editWeek Date Kickoff n 1 Opponent Results Game site Attendance Final score Team record 1 Sunday April 13 3 00 p m at London Monarchs L 7 14 0 1 Stamford Bridge 10 718 2 Saturday April 19 7 00 p m Amsterdam Admirals W 19 10 1 1 Waldstadion 31 729 3 Saturday April 26 7 30 p m at Barcelona Dragons W 17 10 2 1 Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic 13 102 4 Saturday May 3 7 00 p m Scottish Claymores L 3 9 2 2 Waldstadion 32 690 5 Saturday May 10 7 00 p m at Rhein Fire L 7 10 2 3 Rheinstadion 32 140 6 Saturday May 17 7 00 p m Rhein Fire L 20 21 2 4 Waldstadion 39 182 7 Saturday May 24 7 00 p m London Monarchs W 31 7 3 4 Waldstadion 30 723 8 Sunday June 1 3 00 p m at Scottish Claymores L 7 24 3 5 Murrayfield Stadium 11 618 9 Saturday June 7 7 00 p m Barcelona Dragons W 29 17 4 5 Waldstadion 40 743 10 Saturday June 14 7 00 p m at Amsterdam Admirals L 7 20 4 6 Amsterdam ArenA 19 486 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Standings editWorld League of American Football Team W L T PCT PF PA Home Road STK Rhein Fire 7 3 0 700 206 146 3 2 4 1 W3 Barcelona Dragons 5 5 0 500 236 209 2 3 3 2 W1 Scottish Claymores 5 5 0 500 134 154 2 3 3 2 L2 Amsterdam Admirals 5 5 0 500 156 160 4 1 1 4 W1 Frankfurt Galaxy 4 6 0 400 147 142 3 2 1 4 L1 London Monarchs 4 6 0 400 116 184 2 3 2 3 L1 3 Game summaries editWeek 1 at London Monarchs edit Week One Frankfurt Galaxy at London Monarchs Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalFrankfurt 7 0 007London 0 6 6214 at Stamford Bridge London England Date Sunday April 13Game time 3 00 p m BSTGame attendance 10 718Referee Bill Carollo 4 Week 2 vs Amsterdam Admirals edit Week Two Amsterdam Admirals at Frankfurt Galaxy Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalAmsterdam 0 3 7010Frankfurt 10 3 3319 at Waldstadion Frankfurt Germany Date Saturday April 19Game time 7 00 p m CESTGame attendance 31 729Referee Mike Pereira 5 Week 3 at Barcelona Dragons edit Week Three Frankfurt Galaxy at Barcelona Dragons Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalFrankfurt 0 3 31117Barcelona 7 0 0310 at Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic Barcelona Spain Date Saturday April 26Game time 7 30 p m CESTGame attendance 13 102Referee Ron Winter 6 Week 4 vs Scottish Claymores edit Week Four Scottish Claymores at Frankfurt Galaxy Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalScotland 3 0 069Frankfurt 0 3 003 at Waldstadion Frankfurt Germany Date Saturday May 3Game time 7 00 p m CESTGame attendance 32 690Referee Walt Coleman 7 Week 5 at Rhein Fire edit Week Five Frankfurt Galaxy at Rhein Fire Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalFrankfurt 0 7 007Rhein 0 0 7310 at Rheinstadion Dusseldorf Germany Date Saturday May 10Game time 7 00 p m CESTGame attendance 32 140Referee Phil Luckett 8 Week 6 vs Rhein Fire edit Week Six Rhein Fire at Frankfurt Galaxy Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalRhein 0 14 0721Frankfurt 3 7 7320 at Waldstadion Frankfurt Germany Date Saturday May 17Game time 7 00 p m CESTGame attendance 39 182 9 Week 7 vs London Monarchs edit Week Seven London Monarchs at Frankfurt Galaxy Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalLondon 0 7 007Frankfurt 6 11 01431 at Waldstadion Frankfurt Germany Date Saturday May 24Game time 7 00 p m CESTGame attendance 30 723 10 Week 8 at Scottish Claymores edit Week Eight Frankfurt Galaxy at Scottish Claymores Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalFrankfurt 0 0 077Scotland 0 3 14724 at Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh Scotland Date Sunday June 1Game time 3 00 p m BSTGame attendance 11 618 11 Week 9 vs Barcelona Dragons edit Week Nine Barcelona Dragons at Frankfurt Galaxy Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalBarcelona 10 0 0717Frankfurt 0 21 2629 at Waldstadion Frankfurt Germany Date Saturday June 7Game time 7 00 p m CESTGame attendance 40 743 12 Week 10 at Amsterdam Admirals edit Week Ten Frankfurt Galaxy at Amsterdam Admirals Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalFrankfurt 0 7 007Amsterdam 0 7 13020 at Amsterdam ArenA Amsterdam Netherlands Date Saturday June 14Game time 7 00 p m CESTGame attendance 19 486 13 Awards editAfter the completion of the regular season the All World League team was selected by members of the media 14 Overall Frankfurt had eight players selected 14 The selections were Shawn Banks linebacker Hillary Butler linebacker Johnny Dixon safety Cecil Doggette cornerback Jack Kellogg cornerback Ralf Kleinmann placekicker Frank Messmer defensive national player Bobby Phillips running backNotes edit All times local to where the game was played References edit 1997 World League draft WorldLeague com Archived from the original on July 9 1997 Retrieved June 30 2013 a b 1997 Frankfurt Galaxy Media Guide a b 1997 Season in Review The Official 1998 NFL Europe League Fact Book pp 218 222 a b Halling Nick April 14 1997 Monarchs make winning start The Independent London England Archived from the original on 2022 05 01 Retrieved June 30 2013 a b Associated Press April 19 1997 Galaxy 19 Admirals 10 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved June 30 2013 a b Associated Press April 26 1997 Last minute touchdown gives Galaxy 10 17 victory over Dragons APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved June 30 2013 a b Associated Press May 3 1997 Claymores 9 Galaxy 3 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved June 30 2013 a b Associated Press May 10 1997 Fire 10 Galaxy 7 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved June 30 2013 a b Associated Press May 17 1997 Fire 21 Galaxy 20 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved June 30 2013 a b Associated Press May 24 1997 Galaxy 31 Monarchs 7 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved June 30 2013 a b Associated Press June 1 1997 Claymores 24 Galaxy 7 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved June 30 2013 a b Associated Press June 7 1997 Galaxy 29 Dragons 17 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved June 30 2013 a b Associated Press June 14 1997 Admirals 20 Galaxy 7 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved June 30 2013 a b 1997 All World League team WorldLeague com June 20 1997 Archived from the original on July 9 1997 Retrieved June 30 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 Frankfurt Galaxy season amp oldid 1171194396, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
