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The Fire franchise was established in April 1990, and by November 1990 league officials announced play to begin in March 1991. With former Denver Broncosoffensive coordinator Chan Gailey selected as head coach, the league held its inaugural draft in February 1991. Birmingham opened the season with a home loss to Montreal followed by a win over Sacramento. The Fire then alternated pairs of wins and losses for the remainder of the season in which the three European team dominated. Although they finished with a record of only 5–5, the Fire qualified for the playoffs as the better of the two mediocre North America division champions, having beaten the 5-5 Knights who had to face the mighty 9-1 London Monarchs. In their WLAF semifinal, Birmingham lost 10-3 to wild card winner Barcelona Dragons; their 8-2 record was only good enough for 2nd in Europe behind London even after having beaten the Monarchs at Wembley.
Offseason
On April 18, 1990, Birmingham became the second U.S. city that was awarded a franchise after the Orlando Thunder to compete in the inaugural WLAF season.[1][2] At the time of the announcement, league president Tex Schramm said that past support for professional football in Birmingham was a major reason for its selection for a franchise.[2] In November, officials announced the league would begin play in March 1991 with ten teams.[3] At that time it was also revealed that Birmingham would compete as a member of the North American West division with the Sacramento Surge and the San Antonio Riders.[3] On December 21, 1990, Chan Gailey was introduced as the first head coach of the Fire.[4]
Draft
In February 1991, the first WLAF Draft was held in Orlando, Florida.[5] Unlike the NFL Draft, the WLAF version was carried out with individual positions being drafted over a period of several days.[5] Offensive linemen were drafted on February 14; running backs, punters and placekickers on February 16; quarterbacks, wide receivers and tight ends on February 18; defensive linemen on February 20; linebackers on February 22; and defensive backs on February 24.[5] In addition to those players drafted, each team had four European-born players assigned to their squad in a program called Operation Discovery.[5] Players assigned through this program to the Fire were Pepe Moscatelli and Sergio Vissa from Italy and Andreas Motzkus and Hans-Ulrich Riecke from Germany.[6]
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