Red Barons Cologne
The Red Barons Cologne were an American football team from Cologne, Germany. The club's greatest success came in 1988, when it won its sole German Bowl, followed by a losing appearance in the game in 1989. In 1991, the club disappeared from the German football scene, having been dissolved that year. History The Red Barons Cologne made their first appearance on the German football scene in 1982, having been formed on 16 April 1981 by seven students when they joined the tier-two 2nd Bundesliga. The following year, the club entered the elite league of German football, the American Football Bundesliga, a league in which local rival Cologne Crocodiles was already playing. The Red Barons first season in the league was quite successful, finishing third and reaching the play-off semi-finals, where the team was knocked out by the Düsseldorf Panther. However, 1984 and 1985 were less impressive, with the side finishing in the lower half of the table and missing out on the post season. From 1986 onwards, the Red Barons improved again and would make the play-offs in every season. That year, the Panther were once more the side to knock the team out in the semi-finals, while the following