Frankfurt Galaxy (NFL Europe)

The Frankfurt Galaxy were a professional American football team that originally played in the World League of American Football and later in the resurrected NFL Europe. The team was based in Frankfurt, Germany and played in the Commerzbank-Arena, formerly called Waldstadion. The Galaxy was the only team in the league to have remained in operation and in the same city throughout the league's existence.

As of 2021, an unrelated team of the same name plays in the European League of Football.

History

In 1991, the Galaxy was a founding member of the World League of American Football (WLAF). They hosted the first ever WLAF game against the London Monarchs at the Waldstadion on March 23, 1991, and scored the first ever WLAF points with a safety, but lost the game.

When the World League resumed in 1995, the Galaxy, the Monarchs, and Barcelona Dragons were the only former WLAF teams that continued playing. Before it folded, Frankfurt Galaxy was the oldest professional football team outside of the NFL and CFL. Frankfurt Galaxy also played in the last NFL Europa game, losing the 2007 World Bowl to the Hamburg Seadevils.

The Frankfurt Galaxy's record eight appearances in the 15 World Bowl games were evenly split in the composite standings with four wins (1995, 1999, 2003 and 2006) and four losses (1996, 1998, 2004, and 2007).

Season-by-season

Season	League	Regular season					Postseason
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
1991	WLAF	7	3	0	.700	3rd Template:Small	–	–	—	—
1992	WLAF	3	7	0	.300	2nd Template:Small	–	–	—	—
1993	WLAF suspended operations from 1993 to 1994
1994
1995	WLAF	6	4	0	.600	2nd Template:Small	1	0	1.000	Template:Small
1996	WLAF	6	4	0	.600	2nd Template:Small	0	1	.000	Template:Small
1997	WLAF	4	6	0	.400	5th Template:Small	–	–	—	—
1998	NFLE	7	3	0	.700	1st Template:Small	0	1	.000	Template:Small
1999	NFLE	6	4	0	.600	2nd Template:Small	1	0	1.000	Template:Small
2000	NFLE	4	6	0	.400	5th Template:Small	–	–	—	—
2001	NFLE	3	7	0	.300	6th Template:Small	–	–	—	—
2002	NFLE	6	4	0	.600	3rd Template:Small	–	–	—	—
2003	NFLE	6	4	0	.600	1st Template:Small	1	0	1.000	Template:Small
2004	NFLE	7	3	0	.700	2nd Template:Small	0	1	.000	Template:Small
2005	NFLE	3	7	0	.300	5th Template:Small	–	–	—	—
2006	NFLE	7	3	0	.700	2nd Template:Small	1	0	1.000	Template:Small
2007	NFLE	7	3	0	.700	2nd Template:Small	0	1	.000	Template:Small
Total		82	68	0	.547		4	4	.500

Head coaches

#	Name	Term	Regular season					Postseason				Achievements
			GC	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	GC	Won	Lost	Win %
1	Jack Elway	1991–1992	20	10	10	0	.500	–	–	–	—	—
2	Ernie Stautner	1995–1997	30	16	14	0	.533	2	1	1	.500	Template:Small
3	Dick Curl	1998–2000	30	17	13	0	.567	2	1	1	.500	Template:Small
4	Doug Graber	2001–2003	30	15	15	0	.500	1	1	0	1.000	Template:Small
5	Mike Jones	2004–2007	40	24	16	0	.600	3	1	2	.333	Template:Small

Notable players

No.	Player	Position(s)	Years played	Notable
5, 81	Template:Flagicon Mario Bailey	WR	1995–2000	All-Time NFL Europe Receiving leader
1, 18	Template:Flagicon Andy McCullough	WR	1999, 2001	World Bowl VII Most Valuable Player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
4	Template:Flagicon J. T. O'Sullivan	QB	2004, 2007	NFL Europa Co-Offensive Most Valuable Player (2007)<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
11	Template:Flagicon Mike Perez	QB	1991–1992	First starting quarterback in team history
32	Template:Flagicon Roger Robinson	RB	2006	Led League in rushing, All-NFLEL team selection<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
82	Template:Flagicon Keith L. Craig	WR	1991	First Service Member (U.S.Army) selected under Operation Discovery<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

External links

• The Football Database
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