He’d start the first contest in franchise history against the Barcelona Dragons, but was supplanted in the lineup by Jeff Graham.
Throughout the season, Hammel saw spotty playing time.
Signed with the Arena Football League in 1992 and joined the Dallas Texans.
After two seasons in Dallas, this led to a stint with the Fort Worth Calvary in 1994.
Then in 1995, it was off to Milwaukee where he saw his greatest success.
In 1998, Todd threw for 60 TDs and 3,100 yards.
Later in 1999, he became the first Arena player to throw for 300 TDs, 1,500 completions and 18,000+ yards.
From 2000 on, Todd entered the journeyman phase of his career, with stops no longer than a season playing for the Bobcats (’00), Thunderbears (’01), Rampage (’02), Gladiators (’03), Soul (’04), Rush (’05), and Crush (’06).
After a 2 year break from the AFL, Hammel returned again to play for the Iron (’09), Sharks/Rush (’10), and finally with the Blaze (’11).
Todd has gone into coaching and has been teaching in the Dallas, Tx area.
ACCOLADES:
J Association Hall of Fame 2003
SFA Hall of Fame 2003
AFL All-Star 1993
NOTES:
As you can see here, I’ve tried Todd quite a few times. One time I even asked a TTM friend of mine who worked in a neighboring school district if he could hit him up for me. No dice on that even. I saw a few successes on him throughout the years so I always wondered what gived? Furthermore I even got a ringing endorsement from his former teammate at SF Austin- Melvin Patterson, to hit Todd up. So after 4 attempts, I spied out an autograph on eBay and pulled the trigger.
That being said, I can finally close the book on the Pro Set 1991 Series II World League player inserts. The 32 card set- not including the 10 helmets, was a laborious effort, as many of these players I really had to work to find their addresses. Two of them were dead when I restarted the project, so I got lucky with Mike Lynn and Jack Elway. Later I also added the only international name in Jacques Dussault. Over the years, I had to eBay out Mark Maye, Ben Bennett– and Todd.
He finished the season with 27 tackles, 11 assists and a sack for the Monarchs that season as a hybrid LB/S.
During the 1992 season, Wilson secured a 10 yard interception.
Wilson stayed in playing shape and joined the Arena Football League in ’95 as a LB/ WR.
Played for the Connecticut Coyotes in 1995-96, and the Florida Bobcats from 1996 to ’98.
NOTES:
I gave up on Harvey, since I failed on him back in 2017. I saw that a seller on EBay had 3-4 autographed cards from World Leaguers that I wanted, so I threw him out a package offer. I would be surprised if these were forgeries, as there’s little to no market for player autographs from a forgotten league. It appears that Harvey signed this in pen or a fading marker, and then signed over his original graph with a sharpie.
A hybrid linebacker/safety, Proctor was right at home playing in the role, where he helped the Surge win World Bowl II.
Played in 1993 for the Sacramento Gold Miners.
Signed with the San Diego Chargers in 1995, before heading over to the Arena Football League in 1996.
Played 9 seasons of Arena ball at LB/RB, starting with Connecticut and Florida in 1996.
Then one year stops with New Jersey, Grand Rapids, Iowa, and New York through 2001.
Spent final 3 years of football career (2002-2004) playing for the Tampa Bay Storm.
Has been a lightning rod of controversy, thanks to legal issues.
NOTES:
Well there’s a first for everything. I struggled to find Basil even going so far as to looking for him through an offender database. I received the card back damaged and signed on the back, so I’ll take what I can get especially after throwing up a hail mary at the address I found.
CFL
TAC
SAC
FUM
INT
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
N/a
6.0
0
0
0
-.-
0
-.-
WL
TAC
SAC
FUM
INT
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
N/a
1.0
0
0
0
-.-
0
-.-
ARENA
TAC
SAC
FUM
INT
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
73
5.0
2
2
2
1.0
1
2T
RUSH
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
177
456
2.57
21
N/A
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