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The Leicester Panthers were a British American Football team, formed in 1984 and disbanded in 1996 who played home games at Saffron Lane sports centre. In the time they played, they recorded only one losing season, and won the league final in 1996, the year they dissolved the team. The club can boast New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton as their most famous alumnus, as he was the starting quarterback in 1988.[1][2]

A number of original players from the Leicester Panthers, including rugby star Martin Johnson, who had played for the team in the early 1990s, Other players include Barry Driver, Charles Thompson and Neil Eastoll. reformed to play a charity match against the Loughborough Aces for the Matt Hampson Trust; the Panthers won 20-3.

See Also

Leicester Falcons - current American Football club

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