Barcelona Dragons

Barcelona Dragons
Helmet Logo
Year Founded	1991
Year Retired	2003
City	Barcelona, Spain
Team Colors	Dark Green, Scarlet Red, Gold, White
Franchise W-L-T Record	Regular Season: 59-51-0 Postseason: 2-4
Championships
World Bowls (1) World Bowl V (1997)

The Barcelona Dragons were a team originally in the World League of American Football and later in the resurrected NFL Europe. Their home field in Barcelona was the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuic, the 1992 Olympic Stadium, and later the Mini Estadi. The Dragons were successful on the field, making it to 4 World Bowls (1991, 1997, 1999, 2001) and winning World Bowl V in 1997. The team was made part of the FC Barcelona organization in 2002 as the FC Barcelona Dragons. Despite these efforts, the franchise's fan support decreased and the team began to struggle financially. After the 2003 season, the Dragons were discontinued and they were replaced in the league by the Cologne Centurions.

For the entire duration of the Dragons' history they had only one head coach, "Cowboy" Jack Bicknell. His nickname was roughly translated by his adoptive city to El Caballero (meaning, literally, "The Knight" or "The Gentleman" in Spanish). From 1991-2002, Seymour "Red" Kelin was responsible for Defensive Coordinating duties. Bicknell and Kelin had been coaching together since their days at Boston College, where they helped lead the Eagles to a Cotton Bowl Classic victory in 1984.

Season-by-season

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

Notable players

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• Jesús Angoy (1997-2003)
• Marco Martos (1997-2003)
• Bruce Clark (1991)
• Scott Erney (1991-1992)
• Brian Finneran (1999)
• Tony Graziani (2000)
• Kelly Herndon (2000)
• Kelly Holcomb (1996)
• Jon Kitna (1997)
• Mike Maslowski (1999)
• Sean Morey (2000-2001,2003)
• Nick Murphy (2003)
• Eric Naposki (1991-1993,1995-1997)
• Lawrence Phillips (1999)
• Mike Ruth (1991)
• Gene Taylor (1991-1992)
• Brad Trout (1999)
• Casey Weldon (1995)

• Scott Erney -- quarterback, #6. Camp Hill, PA. College: Rutgers

Erney was signed by the NFL's Denver Broncos in 1990 but never played

• Jon Kitna -- quarterback, #8. Tacoma, WA. College: Central Washington University

Kitna was named the Most Valuable Player in NFL Europe when he led the Barcelona Dragons to the 1997 World Bowl Championship (World Bowl V), winning 38-24 over the Rhein Fire. Jon signed as an undrafted free agent by the Seattle Seahawks. In 1999, he started 15 games for the Seahawks, leading them to a 9-7 record. Jon signed with the Cincinnati Bengals from 2001 until 2006 when he was signed by the Detroit Lions.