The History of the PFL

It all started in the Fall of 1992 when Wayne Allen purchased Madden Football 92. He called his coaching colleague Anthony Smith to tell him about it. Allen, did not know Israel (The Swammi) very well at the time. Israel was Anthony's good friend and roommate. Anthony soon told The Swammi and Wayne invited them both over to check out the new game. Back then, there where no names to identify the players... .just numbers. This of course was before EA Sports and the NFL entered into a licensing agreement. There were no bluff modes or fourth and fifth receivers either. The game was in it's simplest form. And despite the fact that the game had no season options or running stats, commentary or penalties, we enjoyed it, just as it was. The three of us saw a bright future for Madden Football. Fortunately for us, EA Sports did as well. As technology advanced, so did the game. Before EA added seasons and statistics to it's game, we were already doing it. The Swammi, using a spreadsheet program compiled statistics in several meaningful categories. He also made up the schedule for each team. The three picked two teams, one from the NFC and one from the AFC. Wayne always went with the Dolphins and the 49ers. Swam is a HUGE Dallas Cowboys fan. His AFC team was Buffalo. And Smith, he was a Redskin, Oiler guy.

The three of them continued to play in the league until another friend, Tony Womack, began to watch and decided he wanted some of the action. After a couple of exhibition games, Tony had owned his own Sega Genesis system and Madden 95. The Mack was in "The League." In the summer of 1995, good friend Anthony moved back to Louisiana. Edgar Rubio, who was working with Tony, joined the league to take Anthony's place. By then Madden had it's own season with schedules in place. So everyone picked one team. Wayne - the 49ers, Mack - the Dolphins, Swammi - the Cowboys and Rubio - The Bills. They followed the schedule that Madden had made for them. They played with their own team vs. someone else in the league playing as the scheduled opponent. The competition was fierce. More and more people began to ask about THE LEAGUE. During this time, a great change was about to occur. THE LEAGUE switched from the Sega, to the Playstation. All the guys who were inquiring about THE LEAGUE all went out and purchased Playstations as well. Womack came forth with the idea to form a formal league and get more players involved. He bought the idea to Wayne and The Swam. Swammi got in touch with all interested members and scheduled a meeting. This was the first owners meeting of the PFL. Womack drew up the constitution and bylaws. After a meeting of Wayne, Womack, and The Swam, the Executive Council of THE LEAGUE was formed and thus the birth of the PFL.

At our first meeting, 12 owners came to submit their franchises for membership. The Swammi presented all teams with their schedules and the PFL was off and running. The PFL is about to began it's tenth full season of play.

Past LEAGUE/PFL Championships

1992 - San Francisco - Wayne Allen defeats The Swam (49ers over Buffalo)
1993 - Season was not completed
1994 - Washington Redskins - Anthony Smith defeats Wayne Allen (Redskins over Dolphins)
1995 - San Francisco - Wayne Allen defeats The Swam (49ers over Buffalo)
1996 - Not Completed
1997 - San Francisco - Wayne Allen defeats The Swam (49ers over Colts)

PFL Championships

1997 - Seattle Seahawks - Kevin Fox over Teddy B. (Cincinnati)
1998 - Denver Broncos - The Creator over Alex Smolka (New England)
1999 - Denver Broncos - The Creator over The Swammi (Dallas)
2000 - Minnesota Vikings - Brooks over Teddy B. (Buffalo)
2001 - Carolina Panthers - Ryan Collins over James Brooks (Minnesota)
2002 - New Orleans Saints - Ryan Collins over Steve Stewart (Chicago)
2003 - Pittsburgh Steelers - Tyrell Conyers* over Steve Stewart (Chicago)
2004 - Washington Redskins - Edwin C-Ya Boniila over Ryan Collins (New Orleans_
2005 - Denver Broncos - James Brooks over Steve Stewart (Atlanta)

*Undefeated Season

All Time PFL Roster (since 1997)

  Baller Years Teams Active/Retired
1 Wayne Allen 92-Present San Francisco Active
2 The Swammi 92-Present Dallas Active
3 Tony Smith 92-95, 99-00 Redskins, Oilers, Vikings Retired
4 Tony Womack 94-Present Dolphins Active
5 Edgar Rubio 94-98 Buffalo, Detroit Retired
6 Alvin Barrow 97 - 03 Raiders Honorary
7 Kevin Fox 97 - 02 Seattle, Green Bay, Phliadelphia Honorary
8 Kwan Drake 97 - 03 Carolina, Tampa Bay Active
9 Waymon "The Creator" Gresham 97- 01, 06 - Present St. Louis, Denver Honorary
10 Teddy B. 97 - Present Pittsburgh, Buffalo, San Diego Active
11 Alex Smolka 97 - 01 New England, Denver Retired
12 Joe Hilton 97 - 02 Philadelphia, Detroit, Jacksonville Honorary
13 John Rusnak 97 (1 month) Denver Inactive
14 Keith Franklin 98 - 99 Jacksonville Retired
15 Ed Haywood 98 - Present Kansas City, Baltimore Active
16 James Brooks 99 - Present Baltimore, Minnesota, Denver Active
17 Tom Poon 99-00 NY Jets Retired
18 Brian Cook 99- 05 Seattle, Atlanta, Washington, St. Louis Active
19 David Hines 99 - Present Tennessee Titans (Oilers) Active
20 David Nunez 00 - 02 NY Giants Active
21 Darrin Taylor 00 - 02 Seattle, NY Jets Active
22 Alonzo Ellis 00 - Present Indianapolis Colts Active
23 Dale Barton 01- 03 Detroit Active
24 Ryan Collins 01 - 05 Carolina, New Orleans Active
25 Tony Gray 01-02 New England, Denver Inactive
26 Leonard Pressley 02 - 05 NY Giants, Green Bay Active
27 Steve Stewart 02 - Present Chicago Active
28 Tyrell Conyers 02 - 04, 06 - Present Pittsburgh Active
29 Rod Lucas 02 - Present NY Jets Active
30 Tavis Tucker 03 - 05 New England Active
31 Keith Salley 03 - Present Buffalo Active
32 Jermaine Williams 03 - 04 NY Giants Active
33 Edwin C-Ya Bonilla 04- Present Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles Active
34. Pete "Casualties" Enriquez 04- Present Minnesota Vikings Active
35. Santana Melvin 04 - 05 New England Patriots Inactive
36. Julian Reynolds 04 Pittsburgh Steelers Inactive
37. Jose Boza 05 NY Jets Inactive
38. Rick Peterson 05 Carolina Panthers Inactive
39. Cody Battle 05 Dallas Cowboys Inactive
40. Derek Frazier 05 - Present Tampa Bay Bucaneers Inactive