1996 London Monarchs season

1996 London Monarchs season
Head coach	Bobby Hammond Lionel Taylor
General manager	Gareth Moores
Home field	White Hart Lane Stamford Bridge
Results
Record	4–6
Division place	5th
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1996 London Monarchs season was the fourth season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Bobby Hammond in his second year and interim head coach Lionel Taylor. The Monarchs played their home games at White Hart Lane and Stamford Bridge in London, England. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of four wins and six losses.

Offseason

World League draft

1996 London Monarchs World League draft selections
Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Player name	Position	College
1	3	Russell White	RB	California
2	9	Dunstan Anderson	DE	Tulsa
3	16	Daniel Adams	WR	Houston
4	21	Preston Jones	QB	Georgia
5	28	Sean Crocker	DB	North Carolina
6	33	Profail Grier	RB	Utah State
7	40	Kendall Brown	DE	Louisville
8	45	Mike Suarez	T	Illinois
9	52	Curtis Thomas	WR	Delaware State
10	57	Kevin Gaines	DB	Louisville
11	64	Willie Harris	WR	Mississippi State
12	69	Marc Lamb	T	Montana
13	78	Jim Witherspoon	LB	Ouachita Baptist
14	83	Shar Pourdanesh	T	Nevada
15	90	Roger Ruzek	K	Weber State
16	95	Travis Colquitt	P	Marshall
17	102	Frank Costa	QB	Miami (FL)
18	107	Lawann Latson	WR	Northwestern State
19	114	Gaston Green	RB	UCLA

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Personnel

Staff

1996 London Monarchs staff

Front office

General Manager – Gareth Moores

Head coaches

Head Coach – Bobby Hammond
Assistant Head Coach – Jimmy Carr

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Lionel Taylor
National Coach/Running Backs – Tony Allen
Offensive Line – John Payne

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line – Thurmond Moore
Linebackers – Jimmy Carr
Defensive Backs/Special Teams – Maurice Spencer

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Roster

1996 London Monarchs roster

Quarterbacks

12 Frank Costa
8 Preston Jones
7 Cree Morris

Running backs

44 Gaston Green
22 Profail Grier
35 Tony Vinson
1 Russell White

Wide receivers

86 Linzy Collins
80 Willie Harris
85 Edwin Howard
2 Larry Wallace

Tight ends

82 Michael Titley

Offensive linemen

69 Damon Baldwin C
74 Greg Black G
79 Marc Lamb C/T
71 Chris Luneburg T
78 Everett McIver T
-- Mike Moody
67 Craig Ritter G
64 Richard Saenz C
65 Tim Simpson G
76 Mike Suarez T
68 Terrence Wisdom G

Defensive linemen

93 Dunstan Anderson DE
92 Blaine Berger DT
99 Jerry Drake DE
75 Jeff Hunter DT/DE
63 A. J. Jenkins DE
95 William Perry DT

Linebackers

55 Andre Allen OLB
52 Ivan Caesar MLB
58 Darrell Crawford
97 Horace Morris
94 Richard Newbill MLB
56 Nick Smith OLB

Defensive backs

24 Melvin Aldridge
26 Sean Crocker CB
25 Kevin Gaines S
28 Kenny McEntyre CB
23 Mark Montreuil
27 Darren Studstill S

Special teams

4 Sonny Feexico P
14 David Gordon K
9 Roger Ruzek K

National players

87 Gerry Anderson TE
30 Rowelle Blenman DB
66 Lewis Capes DL
29 Victor Ebubedike RB
83 Will Hinchcliff WR
6 Kevin Hurst K
45 Stephen Hutchinson RB

Rookies in italics

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Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site	Attendance
1	Sunday, April 14	3:00 p.m.	Scottish Claymores	L 21–24 (OT)	0–1	White Hart Lane	16,258
2	Saturday, April 20	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 3–37	0–2	Waldstadion	34,186
3	Saturday, April 27	7:00 p.m.	at Rhein Fire	W 27–20	1–2	Rheinstadion	16,104
4	Monday, May 6	3:00 p.m.	Barcelona Dragons	L 7–9	1–3	White Hart Lane	13,627
5	Saturday, May 11	6:30 p.m.	at Amsterdam Admirals	L 9–28	1–4	Olympisch Stadion	8,327
6	Sunday, May 19	3:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 27–7	2–4	White Hart Lane	10,764
7	Monday, May 27	3:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	W 16–13	3–4	White Hart Lane	11,048
8	Sunday, June 2	6:00 p.m.	at Barcelona Dragons	L 6–7	3–5	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	9,875
9	Sunday, June 9	3:00 p.m.	at Scottish Claymores	L 28–33	3–6	Murrayfield Stadium	15,461
10	Sunday, June 16	3:00 p.m.	Rhein Fire	W 17–14	4–6	Stamford Bridge	11,125

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Standings

World League of American Football
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Scottish Claymores	7	3	0	.700	233	190	5–0	2–3	L1
Frankfurt Galaxy	6	4	0	.600	221	220	3–2	3–2	W2
Amsterdam Admirals	5	5	0	.500	250	210	4–1	1–4	L1
Barcelona Dragons	5	5	0	.500	192	230	4–1	1–4	W1
London Monarchs	4	6	0	.400	161	192	3–2	1–4	W1
Rhein Fire	3	7	0	.300	176	191	2–3	1–4	L2

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Game summaries

Week 1: vs Scottish Claymores

Week One: Scottish Claymores at London Monarchs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Scotland	7	0	7	7	3	24
London	7	14	0	0	0	21

at White Hart Lane, London, England

Date: Sunday, April 14
Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
Game attendance: 16,258
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Week 2: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Two: London Monarchs at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
London	0	3	0	0	3
Frankfurt	7	14	13	3	37

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 20
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 34,186

Week 3: at Rhein Fire

Week Three: London Monarchs at Rhein Fire – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
London	10	3	0	14	27
Rhein	0	3	0	17	20

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 27
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 16,104

Week 4: vs Barcelona Dragons

Week Four: Barcelona Dragons at London Monarchs – Game summary

	1	2	Total
Barcelona			0
London			0

at White Hart Lane, London, England

Date: Monday, May 6
Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
Game attendance: 13,627

Week 5: at Amsterdam Admirals

Week Five: London Monarchs at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
London	3	0	6	0	9
Amsterdam	14	0	14	0	28

at Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Saturday, May 11
Game time: 6:30 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 8,327
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Week 6: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Six: Frankfurt Galaxy at London Monarchs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Frankfurt	0	0	0	7	7
London	14	6	0	7	27

at White Hart Lane, London, England

Date: Sunday, May 19
Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
Game attendance: 10,764
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Week 7: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week Seven: Amsterdam Admirals at London Monarchs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	0	0	6	7	13
London	0	3	6	7	16

at White Hart Lane, London, England

Date: Monday, May 27
Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
Game attendance: 11,048
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Week 8: at Barcelona Dragons

Week Eight: London Monarchs at Barcelona Dragons – Game summary

	1	2	Total
London			0
Barcelona			0

at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain

Date: Sunday, June 2
Game time: 6:00 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 9,875

Week 9: at Scottish Claymores

Week Nine: London Monarchs at Scottish Claymores – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
London	7	0	7	14	28
Scotland	4	13	0	16	33

at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

Date: Sunday, June 9
Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
Game attendance: 15,461
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Week 10: vs Rhein Fire

Week Ten: Rhein Fire at London Monarchs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rhein	0	0	0	14	14
London	7	7	0	3	17

at Stamford Bridge, London, England

Date: Sunday, June 16
Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
Game attendance: 11,125

Notes

↑ All times local to where the game was played.

References

↑ "1996 Round by Round Draft". The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 146–147.
1 2 3 "London Monarchs". The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 36–43.
1 2 "1996 Season In Review". The Official 1997 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 71–75.
1 2 Associated Press (April 14, 1996). "Claymores 24, Monarchs 21, OT". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
1 2 Associated Press (May 11, 1996). "Admirals 28, Monarchs 9". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Archived from the original on August 30, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
1 2 Associated Press (May 19, 1996). "Monarchs 27, Galaxy 7". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
1 2 Associated Press (May 27, 1996). "Monarchs 16, Admirals 13". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Archived from the original on August 30, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
1 2 Livingstone, Steve (June 10, 1996). "Monarchs are cut down to size". The Herald. Glasgow, Scotland. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
↑ "1996 WLAF Standings". The Football Database. Retrieved June 22, 2013.

London Monarchs

Founded in 1991 Folded in 1998 Based in London, England

The Franchise	Franchise

Stadiums	Wembley Stadium White Hart Lane Stamford Bridge Crystal Palace Ashton Gate Alexander Stadium

Head Coaches	Larry Kennan Ray Willsey Bobby Hammond Lionel Taylor

World Bowl Appearances (1)	World Bowl '91

League Championships (1)	1991

Seasons	1991 1992 1995 1996 1997 1998

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