Testing GNG for Arena Football League towards NGRIDIRON passage. Looking at the rosters year-by-year of the worst team each season, and determining whether each player passes GNG.
1987
edit- Passes NGRIDIRON otherwise (14/25, 56%)
- Steve Finch (played in NFL)
- Daryl Hart (American football) (played in USFL)
- Troy Hill (American football, born 1962) (played in USFL)
- Mike Hold (played in NFL)
- Brent Johnson (American football) (played in NFL)
- Eric Larkin (played in NFL)
- Mike McCurry (American football) (played in NFL)
- Mike McDade (played in USFL)
- Nick Mike-Mayer (played in NFL)
- Reggie Oliver (linebacker) (played in USFL)
- Sean Payton (played in NFL)
- Mark Rodenhauser (played in NFL)
- Durwood Roquemore (played in NFL)
- Reggie Smith (wide receiver) (played in NFL)
- Fails NGRIDIRON otherwise, but passes GNG (3/25, 12%)
- Fails NGRIDIRON otherwise, and fails GNG (8/25, 32%)
- Dane Griffin - checked 2/24/21
- Terry Hinn - checked 2/24/21, only has coverage from local newspaper: [4], [5], [6], [7]
- William Logan (arena football) - checked 3/31/21
- Ken Sanders (wide receiver) - checked 3/31/21
- Billy Stone (arena football) - checked 3/31/21, only has one article with significant coverage: [8]
- Fred Stone (American football) - checked 3/31/21, two articles from same newspaper: [9], [10] (played for AFL in 1987, then returned to college in 1988? [11], [12])
- Dennis Washington (American football) - checked 3/31/21
- Kevyn Williams - checked 3/31/21
1988
edit- Passes NGRIDIRON otherwise (18/31, 58%)
- Lewis Bennett (played in NFL)
- Greg Best (American football) (played in NFL)
- Mark Casale (played in CFL)
- Vince Courville (played in USFL and NFL)
- Jim Crocicchia (played in NFL)
- Alec Gibson (played in NFL)
- Elbert Gray (played in USFL)
- Walt Housman (played in NFL)
- Derek Hughes (played in USFL and CFL)
- Stan Hunter (played in NFL)
- Chris Jones (center) (played in NFL)
- Edwin Lovelady (played in NFL)
- Pat Morrison (American football) (played in NFL)
- Pete Raeford (played in USFL and CFL)
- Eric Schubert (played in USFL and NFL)
- Johnny Shepherd (played in CFL and NFL)
- Mark Streeter (played in CFL)
- Pete Walters (played in NFL)
- Fails NGRIDIRON otherwise, but passes GNG (7/31, 23%)
- Tom Gilmore (American football) - abundant articles available
- Quinton Knight - abundant articles available
- Jim Mauro - [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22]
- Rex Motes - on the border: [23], [24], [25], [26]
- A. J. Sebastianelli - [27], [28], [29], [30], [31]
- Stan Yagiello - abundant articles available
- Al Washington (wide receiver) - likely ([32], [33])
- Fails NGRIDIRON otherwise, and fails GNG (6/31, 19%)
- Eric Arrington - checked 4/1/21
- Mark Grandy - checked 4/1/21
- Jack Kratochvil - checked 4/1/21, only one article: [34]
- Al Neri (American football) - checked 4/1/21
- John Reed (arena football) - checked 4/1/21 (very common name, but could not find anything)
- Ken Sanders (wide receiver) - checked 3/31/21
1989
edit- Passes NGRIDIRON otherwise (3/22, 14%)
- Chuck Harris (played in NFL)
- Mike Hold (played in NFL)
- Wade Lockett (played in NFL)
- Fails NGRIDIRON otherwise, but passes GNG (5/22, 23%)
- Darren Arbet - plenty of available sources
- Scott Camper - [35], [36], [37], [38], [39], [40]
- Kerry Burt (passes WP:NPOL)
- Greg Harrell (passes WP:NOLYMPICS)
- James Lott (passes WP:NTRACK)
- Fails NGRIDIRON otherwise, need to check for GNG (9/22, 41%)
- Matt Frantz
- Maurice Gravely
- Danny James
- Kim Johnson (American football)
- Dan McDonald
- Jim Rafferty (American football)
- Eric Rasheed
- Paul Williams (quarterback)
- Glenn Willis
- Fails NGRIDIRON otherwise, and fails GNG (5/22, 23%)
- Mike Benson (arena football) - checked 4/1/21: very common name, unable to find sources
- Charles Christian - checked 4/2/21
- Mickey Paige - checked 4/1/21
- Tony Palamara - checked 4/1/21: only one source ([41], [42])
- Leon Reed - expanded article 4/2/21, still not sure if subject meets GNG
1990–2008, 2010–2019
edit- 1990 Washington Commandos season
- 1991 Columbus Thunderbolts season
- 1992 New Orleans Night season
- 1993 Cincinnati Rockers season
- 1994 Milwaukee Mustangs season
- 1995 Connecticut Coyotes season
- 1996 Memphis Pharaohs season
- 1997 Anaheim Piranhas season
- 1998 Florida Bobcats season
- 1999 Buffalo Destroyers season
- 2000 Carolina Cobras season
- 2001 New Jersey Gladiators season
- 2002 Detroit Fury season
- 2003 Carolina Cobras season
- 2004 Grand Rapids Rampage season
- 2005 Columbus Destroyers season
- 2006 Kansas City Command season
- 2007 Las Vegas Gladiators season
- 2008 Columbus Destroyers season
- 2010 Utah Blaze season
- 2011 New Orleans VooDoo season
- 2012 Kansas City Command season
- 2013 Pittsburgh Power season
- 2014 Los Angeles Kiss season
- 2015 New Orleans VooDoo season
- 2016 Tampa Bay Storm season
- 2017 Washington Valor season
- 2018 Washington Valor season
- 2019 Columbus Destroyers season