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

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Passes NGRIDIRON otherwise (14/25, 56%)
  1. Steve Finch (played in NFL)
  2. Daryl Hart (American football) (played in USFL)
  3. Troy Hill (American football, born 1962) (played in USFL)
  4. Mike Hold (played in NFL)
  5. Brent Johnson (American football) (played in NFL)
  6. Eric Larkin (played in NFL)
  7. Mike McCurry (American football) (played in NFL)
  8. Mike McDade (played in USFL)
  9. Nick Mike-Mayer (played in NFL)
  10. Reggie Oliver (linebacker) (played in USFL)
  11. Sean Payton (played in NFL)
  12. Mark Rodenhauser (played in NFL)
  13. Durwood Roquemore (played in NFL)
  14. Reggie Smith (wide receiver) (played in NFL)
Fails NGRIDIRON otherwise, but passes GNG (3/25, 12%)
  1. Osia Lewis
  2. Eddie Phillips (running back) - [1], [2], [3]
  3. Richard Rodgers Sr.
Fails NGRIDIRON otherwise, and fails GNG (8/25, 32%)
  1. Dane Griffin - checked 2/24/21
  2. Terry Hinn - checked 2/24/21, only has coverage from local newspaper: [4], [5], [6], [7]
  3. William Logan (arena football) - checked 3/31/21
  4. Ken Sanders (wide receiver) - checked 3/31/21
  5. Billy Stone (arena football) - checked 3/31/21, only has one article with significant coverage: [8]
  6. 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])
  7. Dennis Washington (American football) - checked 3/31/21
  8. Kevyn Williams - checked 3/31/21

1988

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Passes NGRIDIRON otherwise (18/31, 58%)
  1. Lewis Bennett (played in NFL)
  2. Greg Best (American football) (played in NFL)
  3. Mark Casale (played in CFL)
  4. Vince Courville (played in USFL and NFL)
  5. Jim Crocicchia (played in NFL)
  6. Alec Gibson (played in NFL)
  7. Elbert Gray (played in USFL)
  8. Walt Housman (played in NFL)
  9. Derek Hughes (played in USFL and CFL)
  10. Stan Hunter (played in NFL)
  11. Chris Jones (center) (played in NFL)
  12. Edwin Lovelady (played in NFL)
  13. Pat Morrison (American football) (played in NFL)
  14. Pete Raeford (played in USFL and CFL)
  15. Eric Schubert (played in USFL and NFL)
  16. Johnny Shepherd (played in CFL and NFL)
  17. Mark Streeter (played in CFL)
  18. Pete Walters (played in NFL)
Fails NGRIDIRON otherwise, but passes GNG (7/31, 23%)
  1. Tom Gilmore (American football) - abundant articles available
  2. Quinton Knight - abundant articles available
  3. Jim Mauro - [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22]
  4. Rex Motes - on the border: [23], [24], [25], [26]
  5. A. J. Sebastianelli - [27], [28], [29], [30], [31]
  6. Stan Yagiello - abundant articles available
  7. Al Washington (wide receiver) - likely ([32], [33])
Fails NGRIDIRON otherwise, and fails GNG (6/31, 19%)
  1. Eric Arrington - checked 4/1/21
  2. Mark Grandy - checked 4/1/21
  3. Jack Kratochvil - checked 4/1/21, only one article: [34]
  4. Al Neri (American football) - checked 4/1/21
  5. John Reed (arena football) - checked 4/1/21 (very common name, but could not find anything)
  6. Ken Sanders (wide receiver) - checked 3/31/21

1989

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Passes NGRIDIRON otherwise (3/22, 14%)
  1. Chuck Harris (played in NFL)
  2. Mike Hold (played in NFL)
  3. Wade Lockett (played in NFL)
Fails NGRIDIRON otherwise, but passes GNG (5/22, 23%)
  1. Darren Arbet - plenty of available sources
  2. Scott Camper - [35], [36], [37], [38], [39], [40]
  3. Kerry Burt (passes WP:NPOL)
  4. Greg Harrell (passes WP:NOLYMPICS)
  5. James Lott (passes WP:NTRACK)
Fails NGRIDIRON otherwise, need to check for GNG (9/22, 41%)
  1. Matt Frantz
  2. Maurice Gravely
  3. Danny James
  4. Kim Johnson (American football)
  5. Dan McDonald
  6. Jim Rafferty (American football)
  7. Eric Rasheed
  8. Paul Williams (quarterback)
  9. Glenn Willis
Fails NGRIDIRON otherwise, and fails GNG (5/22, 23%)
  1. Mike Benson (arena football) - checked 4/1/21: very common name, unable to find sources
  2. Charles Christian - checked 4/2/21
  3. Mickey Paige - checked 4/1/21
  4. Tony Palamara - checked 4/1/21: only one source ([41], [42])
  5. Leon Reed - expanded article 4/2/21, still not sure if subject meets GNG

1990–2008, 2010–2019

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