Budapest Cowbells
American football team from Budapest, Hungary
The Budapest Cowbells are an American football team from Budapest, Hungary. The team was founded in December 2013 by merger of Budapest Cowboys and Újbuda Rebels. The Cowbells are two-time champions of Hungarian Football League.
Brief history
Budapest Cowboys
The Cowboys were the first Hungarian American football team. American businessman Tom Kelly established it in 1991 as Budapest Starforce and they played the first American football match in Hungary against Munich Nightmare. In 1993, under new head coach Jeff Egan, they merged with the other Hungarian club Budapest Lions. That year they went undefeated in the Austrian Football League Third Division, losing only to the Vienna Vikings II (second team) from the second division (third tier) in the League Championship. In 1994 they changed their name into Budapest Cowboys. Due to their routing of third division teams the year prior they were moved up to the second division (third tier) where they again went undefeated during the regular season. They won most games by a wide margin, but lost in the League Championship game again to the second team of the Vikings; this time only by a point.
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