1991 Orlando Thunder Roster
World League of American Football (WLAF)
Team Record: 5-5
Finishing 2nd in the WLAF's North American East
Coach: Don Matthews (5-5)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 95,092, Avg. 19,018 in 5 home dates
1991 Orlando Thunder StatisticsTeam Record: 5-5
Finishing 2nd in the WLAF's North American East
Coach: Don Matthews (5-5)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 95,092, Avg. 19,018 in 5 home dates
1991 Orlando Thunder Results
The Orlando Thunder of the World League of American Football ended the 1991 season with a record of 5 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the WLAF's North American East.
Orlando scored 242 points, while the shaky defensive squad yielded 286. Kerwin Bell passed for 2,214 yards. Byron Williams paced all receivers, hauling in 59 passes for 811 yards.
Myron Jones ran for a team-best 288 yards for the Thunder, and Eric Mitchel also aided the ground game.
Mike Nettles picked off 3 errant tosses from the opposition. Winfred Bryant sacked opposing passers 6 times.
Don Matthews coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | Doug Aronson | OG | August 14, 1964 | 6'3" | 293 | San Diego St. | San Francisco, CA USA | 10 | 10 |
| 6 | Charlie Baumann | K | August 25, 1967 | 6'1" | 203 | West Virginia | Erie, PA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | Kerwin Bell | QB | June 15, 1965 | 6'3" | 207 | Florida | Live Oak, FL USA | 10 | 10 |
| Henry Brown | OT | January 27, 1965 | 6'3" | 265 | Ohio State | 10 | 2 | ||
| 70 | Winfred Bryant | DE | November 7, 1966 | 6'3" | 270 | Nicholls State | Miami, FL | 10 | 10 |
| Ivan Cook | LB | July 13, 1966 | 6'2" | 243 | Washington State | Coos Bay, OR | 2 | 0 | |
| 26 | Brian Covington | DB | October 23, 1968 | 6'1" | 195 | Central Florida | Winterhaven, FL | 10 | 0 |
| Tim Crawford | LB | December 17, 1962 | 6'4" | 245 | Texas Tech | Houston, TX USA | 4 | 3 | |
| 2 | Ray Criswell | P | August 16, 1963 | 6'0" | 192 | Florida | Lake City, FL USA | 10 | 0 |
| 57 | Wayne Davis | LB | March 10, 1964 | 6'1" | 213 | Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL USA | 10 | 8 |
| Richard Davis | DT | November 29, 1965 | Arizona State | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 55 | Matt Devine | LB | September 30, 1966 | 6'1" | 209 | California - Davis | San Francisco, CA | 4 | 2 |
| 56 | Wayne Dickson | DE | November 27, 1967 | 6'3" | 255 | Oklahoma | Houston, TX | 8 | 4 |
| 73 | John Durden | OL | August 2, 1967 | 6'6" | 294 | Florida | Gainesville, FL | 9 | 5 |
| J.J. Flannigan | RB | September 16, 1968 | 6'0" | 200 | Colorado | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | 0 | |
| 24 | Bob Flenoid | DB | August 17, 1967 | 5'10" | 178 | Long Beach State | Oakland, CA | 4 | 4 |
| Mike Foust | OT | November 13, 1966 | 6'5" | 295 | Fresno State | San Antonio, TX | 8 | 0 | |
| Harvey Franklin | DB | November 15, 1967 | 5'11" | 183 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Clemente Gordon | QB | August 14, 1967 | 6'4" | 245 | Grambling State | Atlanta, GA | |||
| 61 | John Guerrero | OT | December 13, 1965 | 6'3" | 325 | Southern California | Oxnard, CA | 10 | 0 |
| Mark Hofland | OT | June 16, 1967 | Maryland | ||||||
| Owen Hooven | OT | August 11, 1966 | 6'8" | 302 | Oregon State | Eureka, CA | 10 | 6 | |
| 94 | Charles Jackson | DT | August 4, 1966 | 6'4" | 295 | Jackson State | Miami, FL | 10 | 9 |
| Chris Jackson | RB | September 25, 1964 | 5'9" | 179 | Boise State | Dallas, TX | 4 | 0 | |
| 94 | Helmut Joder | DE | October 22, 1966 | 6'5" | 225 | Augsburg, West Germany | 3 | 0 | |
| Dewaine Jones | RB | December 14, 1967 | 5'10" | 200 | Wyoming | Warren, OH | 1 | 0 | |
| 25 | Myron Jones | RB | February 21, 1968 | 5'9" | 195 | Fresno State | Los Angeles, CA | 10 | 10 |
| 87 | Bruce LaSane | WR | March 24, 1967 | 6'4" | 225 | Florida State | Wildwood, FL | 10 | 8 |
| 52 | Rod Lossow | C | August 28, 1965 | 6'3" | 275 | Wisconsin | Minneapolis, MN | 7 | 7 |
| Tony Massey | LB | November 4, 1965 | 6'2" | 221 | Kentucky | Cincinnati, OH | 6 | 5 | |
| John Massimiani | C | August 3, 1967 | 6'1" | 227 | Kent State | Cleveland, OH | 10 | 0 | |
| 21 | Eric Mitchel | RB | February 13, 1967 | 6'0" | 210 | Oklahoma | Pine Bluff, AR | 10 | 9 |
| 82 | Steffen Nagurski | WR | November 7, 1969 | 6'3" | 235 | Leipzig | Crivitz, East Germany | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | Mike Nettles | DB | August 23, 1967 | 5'10" | 289 | Memphis | Thomasville, AL | 10 | 2 |
| 42 | Billy Owens | DB | December 2, 1965 | 6'1" | 207 | Pittsburgh | Syracuse, NY USA | 10 | 10 |
| 27 | Carl Painter | RB | May 10, 1964 | 5'9" | 184 | Hampton | Norfolk, VA USA | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | Tim Peterson | QB | December 28, 1967 | 6'3" | 218 | Wisconsin-Stoudt | Inver Grove Heights, MN | 6 | 0 |
| 72 | Rob Presbury | DE | July 18, 1965 | 6'3" | 285 | Delaware State | Aberdeen, MD | 10 | 10 |
| 53 | Dirk Reessing | LB | April 19, 1966 | 6'2" | 245 | San Jose CC | Leverkusen, West Germany | 10 | 0 |
| 89 | Chris Roscoe | WR | July 6, 1968 | 6'1" | 205 | Hawaii | 10 | 6 | |
| 83 | John Simpson | WR | February 24, 1966 | 6'0" | 180 | Baylor | Houston, TX | 10 | 6 |
| Dennis Smith | RB | February 14, 1967 | 6'0" | 230 | Utah | Hemet, CA USA | 3 | 0 | |
| Richard Smith | DB | October 29, 1966 | 5'10" | 195 | Clemson | Augusta, GA | |||
| 31 | Rob Sterling | DB | February 11, 1966 | 6'0" | 195 | Maine | Silver Spring, MD | 9 | 9 |
| 37 | Tommie Stowers | TE | November 18, 1966 | 6'3" | 240 | Missouri | Kansas City, MO USA | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | Erroll Tucker | DB | July 6, 1964 | 5'8" | 169 | Utah | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 10 | 10 |
| 95 | Willie Walker | LB | April 8, 1967 | 6'1" | 243 | North Carolina | 10 | 10 | |
| 88 | Byron Williams | WR | October 31, 1960 | 6'2" | 182 | Texas-Arlington | Texarkana, TX USA | 10 | 10 |
| Curtis Williams | LB | June 3, 1968 | 6'4" | 215 | Akron | Cincinnati, OH | 4 | 2 | |
| Steve Williams | DB | December 18, 1966 | 6'1" | 185 | Boston College | Providence, RI | 6 | 5 | |
| 77 | Mike Withycombe | OG | November 18, 1964 | 6'5" | 300 | Fresno St. | Meridian, MS USA | 10 | 10 |
