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7 featured players · 45 in the All-Time Team · 19 GB selections

Players

The Hurricanes’ players as the honours record them: retired numbers, league MVPs and Halls of Fame, the club’s All-Time Team, Great Britain and all-star selections, and the club’s own awards. Nobody is picked by hand; every list comes from the archive’s honours records.

Featured players

Players with a retired number, a league MVP award, a place in the league Hall of Fame or All-Time Team, or a place in the national (BAFA) Hall of Fame, ordered by how many of those honours they hold. Club Hall of Fame membership shows as a badge; the full classes are on the Hall of Fame page.

  • Matt Coppinger#19Matt Coppinger
    • Retired number #19
    • BAFA Hall of Fame, class of 2025
    • BCAFL Hall of Fame
    • BCAFL All-Time Team (1984–1999)
    • BCAFL MVP 1996–97
    • Hurricanes Hall of Fame 2002
    Photo: courtesy of Matt Coppinger
  • Huw Stacey#64Huw Stacey
    • Retired number #64
    • BCAFL MVP 1998–99
    • Hurricanes Hall of Fame 2002
    Photo: Roger and Eldwyth Stacey
  • Tony Groden#49Tony Groden
    • Retired number #49
    • BCAFL MVP 2001–02
    • Hurricanes Hall of Fame 2002
    Photo: Roger and Eldwyth Stacey
  • Joe ThompsonJoe Thompson
    • BUAFL MVP 2011–12
    Photo: © James Stancombe, used with permission
  • MMMatt Meyer
    • BAFA Hall of Fame, class of 2023
  • Richard SavageRichard Savage
    • BCAFL All-Time Team (1984–1999)
    • Hurricanes Hall of Fame 2002
    Photo: Hertfordshire Hurricanes club archive (2002 club website)
  • Roli SavaarisRoli Savaaris
    • BCAFL All-Time Team (1984–1999)
    • Hurricanes Hall of Fame 2002
    Photo: Roger and Eldwyth Stacey
Sources (20)

All-Time Team (1992–2002)

The club’s 10th-anniversary All-Time Team, named in 2002, by position. Positions are as the club listed them.

Defence

Defensive line
Linebacker
Defensive back

Special teams

Kicker
Sources (1)
  • Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeTeam.htm

Honours boards

Every player honour in the archive, from the league’s awards to the club’s own end-of-season trophies. The record is fullest for the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the club website listed them.

League awards

League MVPs and the league and conference players of the year.

1995–96
  • Matt Coppinger · BCAFL Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year
1996–97
1997–98
  • Mark Zaki · BCAFL Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year
  • Mika Ahtinen · BCAFL Defensive Player of the Year
1998–99
1999–2000
2001–02
2002–03
2011–12
Sources (13)

Championship game MVPs

Most valuable players in the College Bowl and national finals, the league’s award first, then the club’s.

College Bowl XII1997–98
College Bowl XIII1998–99
College Bowl XIV1999–2000
College Bowl XVIII2003–04
BUAFL National Final2011–12
Sources (14)

Great Britain selections

19 selections of 16 Hurricanes for Great Britain teams, mostly the GB Bulldogs student side.

1994–95
  • Matt Coppinger · GB Bulldogs, LB (first Hurricane selected; toured Ireland, summer 1995)
1995–96
1997–98
1999–2000
2001–02
Season not recorded
Sources (10)

All-star selections

Selections for the Southern Conference Wildcats all-star team and the league’s All-College teams.

Sources (4)

Club MVPs and awards by season

The Hurricanes’ own end-of-season awards: the MVP awards first, then the others the club gave that year.

1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
Sources (9)

Standouts by era

Players with 2 or more season honours (league and club awards, GB and all-star selections, championship game MVPs) in one era of the club’s history, most honours first.

Developing a Team · 1994–1997

The Three-peat · 1997–2000

The Messenger Years · 2000–2007

BUAFL Champions · 2007–2012

Beyond the Hurricanes

Alumni the sources record playing on elsewhere: in the European League of Football, for senior clubs and for Great Britain.

Players who also coached the Hurricanes

From the club’s staff lists and season reports. Club offices such as President are not counted.

  • Jez BrownHead Coach; Defensive Coordinator (player-coach) (1993–94, 1994–95)
  • Anthony Fitzpatrick In memoriamOffensive and Defensive Lines (player-coach); Defensive Line; Special Teams; Offensive Line; Offensive Line / Special Teams; Offensive Coordinator / Running Backs; Assistant Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator (1996–97, 2001–02 to 2005–06)
  • Giles HiderCo-Head Coach (1996–97)
  • Matt CoppingerCo-Head Coach; Linebackers Coach; Defensive Coordinator; Defensive Line (1996–97 to 1998–99, 2002–03)
  • Allan SmithTeam Manager; Defensive Line (1999–2000, 2013–14)
  • Steve DennisLinebackers; Defensive Coordinator; Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers (1999–2000 to 2002–03)
  • Neil WhiteLinebackers; Defensive Coordinator; Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers (2001–02, 2003–04 to 2005–06)
  • Ricaldo McDonaldRunning Backs (2001–02, 2002–03)
  • Bertram BrowneDefensive Backs (2002–03, 2005–06, 2013–14)
  • Mike ButlerQuarterbacks and Receivers (2002–03)
  • Owen PowisOffensive Line (assistant), then Running Backs; Offensive Line (2004–05, 2005–06)
  • Solomon RogersOffensive Line; Defensive Line (2004–05, 2005–06)
  • Aston EllingtonRunning Backs (assistant); Running Backs; Special Teams Coordinator (2005–06, 2007–08, 2013–14)
  • Lloyd BuxtonLinebackers (assistant) (2005–06)
  • Matt MeyerOffensive Line (assistant); Offensive Line; Offensive Coordinator (2005–06, 2007–08, 2013–14)
  • Nick PiperWide Receivers (assistant) (2005–06)
  • Adam CampReceivers (2007–08, 2013–14)
  • Fabrizio GargiuloLinebackers / Strength and Conditioning (2013–14)
  • Jason ScurfieldAssistant Coach (Defence and Special Teams) (2013–14)
  • Richard WardAssistant Linebackers (2013–14)
  • Tom RobertsAssistant Receivers and Quarterbacks (2013–14)
Sources (22)