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|---|---|
| Name | Jonathan Falk |
| Nationality |  Switzerland |
| Position | Linebacker |
| Height | 180cm |
| Weight | 107kg |
| Past Teams | Helvetic Guards, Helvetic Mercenaries |
| Leagues | European League of Football |
| Seasons | 2023, 2024 |
| Age | 26 |
Jonathan Falk, a talented linebacker, has had an impressive career in American football. With a height of 180 cm and a weight of 107 kg, he has established himself as a versatile player. Falk began his career with the Lausanne Owls and later played for the Baldwin Wallace University Yellow Jackets and the Black Panthers de Thonon. In 2019, he moved to the New York Lions and won the German Bowl. In 2023 he played for the Helvetic Guards and in 2024 for the Helvetic Mercenaries in the European League of Football, where he was named ELF All-Star First Team and ELF Homegrown of the Year. Falk is also a defense and athletic coach and led the Bern Grizzlies to the championship title in 2022. After a brief hiatus, he made his comeback to the Swiss national team in 2022 and ended his playing career during the 2024 ELF season
Previous stations
- 2013-2015: Lausanne Owls
- 2015: Baldwin Wallace University Yellow Jackets
- 2017-2018: Black Panthers de Thonon
- 2019: New York Lions
- 2023: Helvetic Guards
- 2024: Helvetic Mercenaries
Credits
Text: Foot Bowl and Mistral AI (Le Chat)
Achievements
- NLB Defense MVP (2015)
- Black Panthers Defense MVP (2017)
- ELF All-Star First Team (2024)
- ELF Homegrown of the Year (2024)
Teamerfolge
- Nationalliga B Champion (2015)
- Aufstieg in die Nationalliga A (2015)
- EFL-Bowl Champion (2017)
- German Bowl Champion (2019)
Other
- is usually called John; another nickname is LoursSuisse
- his favorite NFL franchise is the New York Giants
- worked as a sports trainer in Mont-sur-Lausanne
- is the founder of PAC (Performance Athletic Center)
- was first active as a defensive tackle and later partly also as a running back
- has been a Swiss national player since 2015
- drove for hours to the Lions’ tryout in 2018 together with Basil Weber and was subsequently recruited by the team
- served as defense and athletics coach of the later champion Bern Grizzlies in 2022
- had already retired in the meantime; he celebrated his comeback in the Swiss national team in the fall of 2022
- announced his retirement as a player during the 2024 ELF season
