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Teams were allowed to have up to 10 American players per roster, activating eight for each game. The Stockholm Nordic Vikings, for example, had seven Americans who earned $ 1,000 a month and expenses paid– the only players on the team who were paid.
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after the 1994 season the league had lost their flagship team. Three other teams left the league now named American Football League of Europe.
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for the 1995 season. After the 1994 season, three other teams also left the league. The league folded following the 1995 season.
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In the championship games the Stockholm Nordic Vikings beat the Bergamo Lions 14:0 to become 2 time champions.
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The championship games was held in front of 18,000 spectators in Hamburg's
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Eight teams from five countries competed during the first season in 1994.
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The league was founded in 1994 under the leadership of the German team
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Index

American football
Jim Thorpe
Hamburg Blue Devils
German Football League
Berlin Bears
Hamburg Blue Devils
Helsinki Roosters
Stockholm Nordic Vikings
Amsterdam Crusaders
Frankfurt Gamblers
Great Britain Spartans
Munich Thunder
Great Britain Spartans
Victor Ebubedike
Munich Thunder
Tony Rice
Volksparkstadion
Hamburg Blue Devils
German Football League
Amsterdam Crusaders
Bergamo Lions
Frankfurt Knights
Great Britain Spartans
Stockholm Nordic Vikings


"Not just a passing fancy"
Rapid City Journal
Newspapers.com

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