European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse World league of american football Bicknell carries country to Spain when Jack Bicknell landed in Barcelona he stuffed a few friends in his Luggage. Welcome to Barcelona Waylon Merle. An avid country music aficionado Bicknell anticipated a Lack of country and Western in Spain so Way Ion Jennings and Merle Haggard made the trip across the Ocean to catalan country. A i brought my own Little Headset and a whole Box of cassette tapes a Merle Waylon and a few others a said Bicknell who will stand on the dragons sideline in the first world league of american football game in Spain when Barcelona hosts mouse Davis run and shoot new York knights at 7 . Sunday. A a it a really been an education for All the kids. Being in a country where not Only do they not speak English but they speak catalan Spanish its Tough. Catalan is like a mixture of French and Spanish. My High school Spanish does no to get me too far what will get Bicknell far in Barcelona is a winning season As the world league tries to sell reticent Spanish fans on football. It Hasni to been an easy task so Bicknell recruited 40 players to help. A enter Paul Palmer. Palmer had it All at one time. He was a Heisman trophy candidate at Temjple and the no. 1 pro draft pick in 1986 by the Kansas City chiefs. He was released by the chiefs and found a Home in Dallas working for the cowboys part of last year. The inside track had him labelled As a troublemaker. Oliver Luck Frankfurt Galaxy general manager and Holder of the top pick in the running Back draft passed on Palmer a the inside track was that Paul Palmer was not easy to get along with a Luck said last week. A plus he dropped a couple passes that should be been caught. We took Tony Baker ahead of Bicknell disputes the troublemaker claim. A a Paul a got a very competitive attitude about it All a Bicknell said. A i knew Palmer when he was at Temple and Boston College played against him. I had great respect for him. Anybody can have a problem with a player you Rob Staggenborg know but there was never a doubt about palmers character. He s been everything we expected him to be a we had Baker at no. 2 behind Paul during the draft thinking Frankfurt would pick up Palmer. When he was available we grabbed him we drafted Palmer with the idea that we be got to put the Ball in his hands to win games a Palmer aside Bicknell has Lydell Carr in the Backfield Carr ran a for Barry Switzer during Oklahoma a March to the 1985 National championship the sooner went 11 -1 arid beat 1 Erin state 25-10 in the Orange bowl. There a Jimmy Bell As the third Back a third dimension of sorts for Bicknell arid his dragons. A a there a going to be a Jack Bicknell lot of single Back formations in this league Quot Bicknell said. A a you re not going to see teams getting into the i and Hammer people. If you ran a Wishbone in Europe in front of european fans they a fall asleep. The idea is to put the Ball in the launching the Aerial bombardments will be the duo of Tony Rice and Scott Erney. Rice led notre Dame to the 1988 National championship. Snubbed by the nil draft Rice found a second Home in the Cal before coming to the world league. A a in a just Here to make a name for myself a Rice said by plume tuesday. A in a really Happy to lie Here. It s kind of like a three month vacation being Here in Spain and �.�?T. Rise will be tested by Erney a Rutgers vet who piloted upset wins Over Michigan state 17-13 and Penn state 21-16 in 1988. In Spain journalists Are already calling Bicknell a Tel Caballero a or a Cowboy Jack.�?�. But before this Cowboy can Saddle up and Gallop into a magnificent Sunset problems need to be solved logistics ironed out. A ooh there have been problems let me Tell you a Bicknell said. A we just got our video equipment the other Day. Got Hung up at customs. That s All part of the adjustment i guess. A the Only other thing we need to do is entice the Spanish people to come out and pay to see american football a a still Al Caballero has a Good starting Point to work with a 40 Guys and 40 uniforms. A i really like the group of kids we brought Back. Good offensive attack there. But that s the thing about starting a league like this. It starts out with everyone being equal. Being Over Here in Europe takes its toll too. Travel is a major part of this division we re not sure How we re a going to Deal with things like Jet lag. If the kids Are tired Well give them a rest period but no one really knows How bad it will be. A what its going to come Down to is who was Wisest at the draft. Who made the right picks. Who made the wrong a a Bicknell a dragons face a Tough foe in the run and shoot Davis knights. A a it a game week you can definitely Tell a Bicknell said of the Buzz emanating through the Halls of the dragons hotel Headquarters. A these Guys Are looking Forward to it. They want to prove that they can play and belong in the. National football a league the idea of this league is to take them to that next step. A and that a my Job a a a a a. Tax Star nod strip. Monarchs land for Frankfurt Kickoff european division rosters by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Frankfurt Germany a quarterback John Witkowski and former Safe Star Marlon Brown led a 40-player London monarchs contingent into Germany on Friday As London gears up for the inaugural world league of american football game against the Frankfurt Galaxy. Kickoff is set for 8 . Saturday at the Wald stadium. Brown a linebacker and former army player who last played in Germany in 1984 when he was with the Ramstein rams spent his morning holed up in his hotel room sleeping. Jack Gallagher the monarchs Public relations director said the team was up and functioning since 4 . Friday. The monarchs landed without fanfare other than German businessmen and women who marvelled at the sheer size of the linemen. A scheduled noon news conference was nixed Gallagher said noting that the German Media was not 28, last played professional football As a replacement player for Houston during the 1987 players strike. 1 he was Active for three games but Neyer stepped off the sidelines. To add insult to injury he was traded to Green Bay As a a player to be named later and was on the Packer payroll for a whole three Days. Now. The Columbia graduate and practising Wall Street broker finds himself dealing the Blue red and Gold of the monarchs. He will Start in saturdays historical opener. A it Hasni to really hit me yet a Witkowski said. A a who a Ever have thought wed be John Witkowski Phil Alexander in Frankfurt representing London in the first Ever world league game not l a a everybody a kind of taken Aback by it All a the 6-foot-2, 221-Pounder said. 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