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The New Zealand National American Football Team, nicknamed the Steelblacks, represent New Zealand in international American football competitions.Steelblacks is the new nickname for the team following the transition of governance of the sport to New Zealand American Football Federation, replacing Ironblacks.
American Football has been played in New Zealand in an organised form since 1982. Early scrimmages reportedly taking place as far back as 1971 at Kelston Boys High school and run by "The Godfather" of NZ football, George O'Scanlon.
This category is for New Zealand sportspeople who play American football. Pages in category "New Zealand players of American football" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Riki Morgan Ellison (born 15 August 1960) is a New Zealand-American former professional player of American football who was a linebacker for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was known as Riki Gray while playing college football for the USC Trojans, earning all-conference honors in the Pac-10 in 1982. He is the first New ...
David Tukatahi Dixon (born January 5, 1969) is a New Zealand-born former professional football guard who played eleven professional seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and was the second Maori to play in professional football after Riki Ellison. He was selected by the New England Patriots in the ninth round of the 1992 NFL draft. [2]
New Zealand American Football Federation; New Zealand national American football team; P. Papatoetoe Wildcats This page was last edited on 8 February 2024, at 16:09 ...
New Zealand Football (Māori: Whutupaoro o Aotearoa) is the governing body for the sport of association football in New Zealand. It oversees the seven New Zealand Football federations, as well as the New Zealand men's national football team (nicknamed the "All Whites"), the national junior and women's teams (nicknamed the "Football Ferns"), the men's and women's national Leagues New Zealand ...
Papatoetoe Wildcats is an American football club established in 1986 in South Auckland, New Zealand. The club was founded as the Central Pirates by Pose Tafa, then the East Auckland Wildcats, but moved to South Auckland renaming them as the Papatoetoe Wildcats. The club has produced some elite New Zealand based players who have since travelled ...