Brian Simnjanovski

Brian Simnjanovski ( born April 29, 1981, † 10 May, 2009 San Diego, California ) was an American football and especially American football player; in the seasons 2005 and 2006 he played in the former NFL Europe, respectively, as a punter for one of the German participants, Berlin Thunder.

Born and raised in California, the son of Mr and Mrs Djoko and Zorka Simnjanovski, Brian Simnjanovski visited the local Escondido High School and coached both American football and soccer; During these years he won several awards in both sports and was appointed to local selection teams. Subsequently, he moved to San Diego State University ( SDSU ), where he became a star of the college football team SDSU Aztecs. By soccer training, he had a good shooting technique, which is why he was strengthened, particularly used in American football on special teams as a punter.

In the 2005 season he played for the first time in NFL Europe, the European branch of the American Professional Series NFL. With his team Berlin Thunder, he was able to qualify under the direction of Rick Lantz prematurely for the final, in which you moved a table first in the group stage. Final opponents in the World Bowl XIII were the Amsterdam Admirals, but decided the game in Dusseldorf with 27:21 for themselves.

In the 2006 season, again with the Berlin Thunder to Simnjanovski recorded though out as the fourth- best punter of NFL Europe, but could not match his team finished sixth and last of the group stage on earlier successes. The season also including that they began unusually early due to take place in Germany Football World Cup in 2006 and the Berlin Thunder had to dodge end of the season in the Friedrich -Ludwig -Jahn -Sportpark, because the Olympic Stadium in Berlin from May 2006 for the games of football suffered had to be prepared world Cup.

In his second season with the Berlin Thunder Simnjanovski had been sent by his former NFL home club, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With these, he completed the following training camp, but received no follow-on contract for the NFL season 2006/2007. He took on higher education from California State University and played football last only unterklassig.

10 May 2009 Simnjanovski died at the age of 28 in a traffic accident when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a tree.