1997 Frankfurt Galaxy World League Draft selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice
1 5 Joe Garten C Colorado
2 11 Ashley Sheppard LB Clemson
3 14 Beno Bryant RB Washington
4 23 Shawn Banks LB Texas Tech
5 26 Tommy Johnson CB Alabama
6 35 Travis Hannah WR USC
7 38 Jamie Coleman CB Appalachian State
8 47 Darren Reese G Ohio
9 50 Warner Smith G Arizona
10 59 Thomas McLemore TE Southern
11 62 Steve Keim G North Carolina State
12 71 Tuineau Alipate LB Washington State
13 74 Vince Marrow TE Toledo
14 83 Rogerick Green CB Kansas State
15 86 Vernon Turner RB Carson-Newman
16 95 Bruce Walker DT UCLA
17 98 John Morton WR Western Michigan
18 107 David Webb LB USC
19 110 Ronald Cherry T McNeese State
20 119 Jeff Rodgers DE Texas A&M-Kingsville
21 121 Dennis Allen S Texas A&M
22 127 Eddie Blake G Auburn
23 128 Mike Middleton CB Indiana
24 131 Richard DeFelice K North Texas

1997 Frankfurt Galaxy staff

Front Office

General Manager – Chris Heyne
Deputy General Manager – Tilman Engel

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Ernie Stautner

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers – John Payne
Running Backs – Eric Carter
Offensive Line – Rod Humenuik
National Coach/Offensive Line Assistant – Alessandro Cinelli

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line – Ray Woodard
Linebackers – John Paul Young
Defensive Backs – Gary DeLoach

1997 Standings

World League
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Rhein Fire 7 3 0 .700 206 146
Barcelona Dragons 5 5 0 .500 236 209
Scottish Claymores 5 5 0 .500 134 154
Amsterdam Admirals 5 5 0 .500 156 160
Frankfurt Galaxy 4 6 0 .400 147 142
London Monarchs 4 6 0 .400 116 184

Honors

Shawn Banks, All-World League Team selection
Hillary Butler, All-World League Team selection
Johnny Dixon, All-World League Team selection
Cecil Doggette, All-World League Team selection
Jack Kellogg, All-World League Team selection
Bobby Phillips, All-World League Team selection

1997 Frankfurt Galaxy Schedule & Results

Regular Season
Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
04/13/1997 (Sun.)	@ London Monarchs	L, 14-7	0-1-0	10,718
04/19/1997 (Sat.)	Amsterdam Admirals	W, 19-10	1-1-0	31,729
04/26/1997 (Sat.)	@ Barcelona Dragons	W, 17-10	2-1-0	13,102
05/03/1997 (Sat.)	Scottish Claymores	L, 9-3	2-2-0	32,690
05/10/1997 (Sat.)	@ Rhein Fire	L, 10-7	2-3-0	32,140
05/17/1997 (Sat.)	Rhein Fire	L, 21-20	2-4-0	39,182
05/24/1997 (Sat.)	London Monarchs	W, 31-7	3-4-0	30,723
05/31/1997 (Sat.)	@ Scottish Claymores	L, 24-7	3-5-0	11,618
06/07/1997 (Sat.)	Barcelona Dragons	W, 29-17	4-5-0	40,743
06/14/1997 (Sat.)	@ Amsterdam Admirals	L, 20-7	4-6-0	19,486

1997 Frankfurt Galaxy Stats

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Chad May	184	86	46.7	1016	5.52	47t	4	2.2	3	1.6	31	209	64.5
Steve Pelluer	90	48	53.3	527	5.86	37	2	2.2	2	2.2	4	37	69.1
Brad Bretz	12	4	33.3	47	3.92	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	15	46.2
Vernon Turner	2	1	50.0	23	11.50	23t	1	50.0	0	0.0	0	0	131.3
Jason Shelley	1	1	100.0	26	26.00	26t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	158.3
TOTALS	289	140	48.4	1639	5.67	47t	8	2.8	5	1.7	0	0	68.1

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Lg
Bobby Phillips	144	760	5.3	6	65t
Ingo Seibert	39	204	5.2	0	30
Vernon Turner	48	189	3.9	1	27
Steve Pelluer	15	47	3.1	0	17
Chad May	9	24	2.7	0	17
Jim Kitts	3	10	3.3	0	5
Brad Bretz	3	4	1.3	0	4
Joe Carollo	2	0	0.0	0	0
Jason Shelley	1	-5	-5.0	0	-5
TOTALS	264	1233	4.7	7	65t

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Lg
Travis Hannah	24	321	13.4	2	47t
Vernon Turner	20	250	12.5	0	33
Vince Marrow	20	199	9.9	1	26t
Jason Shelley	18	227	12.6	2	29t
Mario Bailey	17	241	14.2	2	37
Jim Kitts	10	53	5.3	0	12
Werner Hippler	9	119	13.2	0	23
John Morton	9	91	10.1	1	23t
Bobby Phillips	7	36	5.1	0	14
Jörg Heckenbach	2	50	25.0	0	38
A.C. Tellison	2	36	18.0	0	19
Ingo Seibert	2	12	6.0	0	12
TOTALS	140	1635	11.7	8	47t

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	TD	Lg
Vernon Turner	12	238	19.8	0	0	34
Jack Kellogg	10	189	18.9	0	0	35
Travis Hannah	6	99	16.5	0	0	24
Barron Miles	4	67	16.8	0	0	18
Johnny Dixon	1	12	12.0	0	0	12
TOTALS	33	605	18.3	0	0	35

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	TD	Lg
Vernon Turner	18	223	12.4	7	0	30
Jack Kellogg	2	15	7.5	0	0	11
Travis Hannah	2	5	2.5	2	0	10
Johnny Dixon	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
Tuineau Alipate	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
TOTALS	24	243	10.1	9	0	30

Punting

Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Scott Player	60	2617	43.6	59	10	17	1	30	326	34.3
TOTALS	60	2617	43.6	59	10	17	1	30	326	34.3

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
Ralf Kleinmann	12/13	13/21	0/0	4/4	5/8	4/5	0/4	47	51
TOTALS	12/13	13/21	0/0	4/4	5/8	4/5	0/4	47	51

Defense

Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Shawn Banks	2.0	--	2	28	14.0	0	14
Andre Bowden	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Hillary Butler	2.0	--	1	2	2.0	0	2
Johnny Dixon	0.0	--	5	44	8.8	0	27
Cecil Doggette	0.0	--	2	0	0.0	0	0
Greg Evans	1.0	--	4	45	11.3	0	26
Chris Hall	0.0	--	3	34	11.3	0	25
Jack Kellogg	1.0	--	2	53	26.5	0	38
Scotty Lewis	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Frank Messmer	1.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Don Reynolds	1.0	--	1	6	6.0	0	6
Oscar Sturgis	2.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
Bruce Walker	3.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
David Webb	5.0	--	0	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	20.0	0.0	20	424	21.2	0	38

1997 Frankfurt Galaxy Roster

Player	Pos	G	GS	Birthdate	College
56 Tuineau Alipate	LB	--	--	08/21/1967	Washington State
70 David Bailey	OT	--	--	05/18/1973	James Madison
81 Mario Bailey	WR	--	--	11/30/1970	Washington
Jon Baker	DE	--	--	03/06/1968	Pittsburgh
50 Shawn Banks	LB	--	--	10/14/1972	Texas Tech
51 Andre Bowden	LB	--	--	04/04/1968	Fayetteville State
Brad Bretz	QB	--	--	08/17/1970	Cal State-Hayward
57 Hillary Butler	LB	--	--	01/05/1971	Washington
77 Joe Carollo	OG	--	--	08/29/1973	Oklahoma
65 Ronald Collins	OT	--	--	09/30/1971	Fresno State
42 Johnny Dixon	DB	--	--	02/13/1971	Mississippi
22 Cecil Doggette	DB	--	--	11/15/1970	West Virginia
43 Greg Evans	DB	--	--	06/28/1971	Texas Christian
Stefan Gamlin	OL	--	--	10/30/1970	Arkansas State
Dani Garcia	LB	--	--	07/05/1973
66 Joe Garten	C	--	--	08/13/1968	Colorado
94 Raphael Graetz	LB	--	--	01/24/1972
32 Chris Hall	DB	--	--	04/25/1970	East Carolina
80 Travis Hannah	WR	--	--	01/31/1970	Southern California
71 Shawn Harper	OT	--	--	07/09/1968	Indiana
11 Jörg Heckenbach	WR	--	--	11/28/1974	German National
69 Jon Heidenreich	OG	--	--	06/28/1969	Northeast Louisiana
Robert Higgins	QB	--	--	05/23/1971	Rutgers
86 Werner Hippler	TE	--	--	07/30/1970	Sacramento State
21 Jack Kellogg	DB	--	--	03/29/1971	Eastern Washington
19 Jim Kitts	RB	--	--	12/28/1972	Ferrum
9 Ralf Kleinmann	K	--	--	03/13/1971	German National
95 Scotty Lewis	DE	--	--	12/30/1971	Baylor
85 Vince Marrow	TE	--	--	08/17/1968	Toledo
5 Chad May	QB	--	--	09/28/1971	Kansas State
98 Frank Messmer	DE	--	--	12/27/1970	German National
39 Barron Miles	DB	--	--	01/01/1972	Nebraska
55 Nate Miller	OG	--	--	10/08/1971	Louisiana State
74 Andrew Moore	OT	--	--	12/22/1972	Sonoma State
88 John Morton	WR	--	--	09/24/1969	Western Michigan
16 Steve Pelluer	QB	--	--	07/29/1962	Washington
30 Bobby Phillips	RB	--	--	12/08/1969	Virginia Union
2 Scott Player	P	--	--	12/17/1969	Florida State
90 Don Reynolds	DE	--	--	11/25/1969	Virginia
92 Jeff Rodgers	LB	--	--	06/10/1971	Texas A&M-Kingsville
26 Volker Schenk	DB	--	--	02/18/1976	German National
24 Ingo Seibert	RB	--	--	09/08/1972	German National
8 Jason Shelley	WR	--	--	08/05/1974	Central State
97 Oscar Sturgis	DE	--	--	01/12/1971	North Carolina
18 Steve Taneyhill	QB	--	--	07/21/1973	South Carolina
A.C. Tellison	WR	--	--	09/05/1971	Miami
20 Vernon Turner	KR	--	--	01/06/1967	Carson-Newman
Bruce Walker	DT	--	--	07/18/1972	UCLA
93 David Webb	LB	--	--	11/14/1969	Southern California