Thonon Black Panthers

Thonon Black Panthers

Established	1987
Based in	Thonon-les-Bains, France
Home stadium	Stade Joseph-Moynat (1998–present) 3500 spect.
Head coach	France
General manager	France
League	Ligue Élite de Football Américain
Division	Division 1
Division titles	France Championship elite division Champions
Current uniform
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The Black Panthers of Thonon is a French American football club based in Thonon-les-Bains (Haute-Savoie) and founded in 1987 by , and .

quickly joined the three founding members and became the first President of the Club.

The first Head Coach of the team was called , former player of .

Now chaired by , the club has led since 2017 by also known as Coach Hippo

Teams[]

The club has four different teams of American football and three flag football.

• The elite team in the first French division, the Diamond Helmet since 2005.
• The reserve is playing in the Romande League of American Football, the since 2011.
• Juniors, champions of France in 2011.
• Cadets since 2010.
• As three teams flag football (-15 years,-18 years, and +18 years).

Awards[]

Seniors[]

• France's Championship Elite (Diamond Helmet)
  • Champion (3): 2013, 2014, 2019
  • Vice Champion (3): , , 2012, 2015 ^[1]
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  • Champion (1):
• EFL Bowl
  • Champions (1): 2017
• EFAF Cup
  • Champions (1): 2013
  • Finalist (1): 2009

Juniors[]

Champion ** (3): 2004, 2011, 2012 ^[2]

Vice Champion ** (3): 2006, 2007 and 2008

Flag[]

• Championship of France 16
  • Champion (1): 2002
  • Vice Champion (2): 2008, 2009
• France Championship -16
  • Champion (2): 2005, 2006
  • Vice Champion (1): 2008
• Regional Championship 16
  • Champion (2): 2008, 2009
  • Vice Champion (1): 2011
• Regional Championship -16
  • Champion (5): 1998, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2006
  • Vice Champion (1): 2009, 2011

Season by season[]

Personalities linked to the club[]

Staff[]

•  France Founder, former player and current president
•  France Founder
•  France Founder
•  France Former President
•  France Former Head Coach
• Larry Legault  Canada Head Coach, Team HC France, former HC of Gaiters of Bishop's

Notable Players[]

• Damon Thomas  United States WR
•  France player, former coach (Carabins CIS  Canada)
•  United States RB
•  United States
•  United States RB
•  United States RB (Stonehill College NCAA DII)
•  United States RB
•  France Player (ex Carabins, CIS,  Canada)
•  France Former player (ex Carabins, CIS,  Canada)
•  France Player (future Carabins, CIS,  Canada) ^[3]
•  United States Former player, RB / WR (Northern Michigan University, NCAA D1-AA)
•  United States Former player, QB (Bethune-Cookman University NCAA D1-AA)
•  United States Former player, DE / FB (Wesleyan University, NCAA DIII)
• Chris Dolan, United States Former Player, OL/DL (Uni. of Maryland, NCAA- D1, Arena Football League, Arena Football League 2, National Indoor Football League)
• John Allanach, Canada Head Coach, former player LB (Mount Allison Mounties, CIS,  Canada)
• Sundee Jones, Canada Head Coach, former player RB (Mount Allison Mounties, CIS,  Canada)

Media[]

The Black Panthers of Thonon-les-Bains were the first in France to broadcast all of their regular season games live on the Internet. The BPWEBTV created in 2010 was well-received, and broadened for the 2011 season.

References[]

External links[]

• club's official website in french
• club's official website in english
• Web TV^{[permanent dead link]}