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Bergamo Lions

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The Bergamo Lions are an American football team from Bergamo, Italy established in 1983 and playing in the Italian Football League. They won the Eurobowl in 2000, 2001 and 2002, while losing to the Vienna Vikings in the finals of 2004 and 2005 Eurobowl. In Italy, the Lions have won the Italian league championship more than any other team 12 times. The Lions last Italian Championship was won in the 2008 season.

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The Lions sign and pay American and Canadian professional import players to play for the team alongside Italian players and European import teammates. A few examples are former New England Patriots running back Scott Lockwood who played for the Lions 1994-1996, QB Bradlee Van Pelt 2009-2010, Kansas City Chiefs and Toronto Argonauts wide receiver Jeris McIntyre (2008-2009) and running back Tyrone Rush 1998-2004.[1] The Lions have also recruited and signed many American coaches, such as Adam Rita, John Rosenberg (American football) as head coach and Brian Baldinger as their offensive line coach.[2]

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  1. [1]
    Molinaro, John F (2008-05-05). "Playing for Pizza: How two Canadian brothers lived out their dreams of playing pro football in Italy". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
  2. [2]
    Baldinger, Brian. "Baldi in Bergamo, Italy". Retrieved 2010-03-22.
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    In the Italian Football League


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