Travis Brody (born March 14, 1984) is a former American football quarterback who played for the Brussels Bulls of the Belgian Football League (BFL). He attended

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and Los Alamitos High School in California. Brody grew up in Irvine, California. He currently resides in

Brussels, Belgium Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

. In May 2009, Brody played for the Budapest Cowboys of the

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(CEFL).

Playing career

High school and college

Brody played

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, basketball and baseball, and also ran track and field at Los Alamitos High School. He played quarterback and receiver under head coach John Barnes. He is a former teammate of Mike Patterson, Keenan Howry, Antoine Cason,

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, and Jeremy Childs. He continued his playing career at

under head coach Dale Widolff. After playing at Occidental, Brody spent a few years away from competitive football.

Professional

He signed with the Brussels Bulls in December 2007, becoming the first import player in league history. After one season with the team, Brody and the Bulls signed a two-year extension through the 2010 season. Brody helped deliver the expansion Bulls their first victories in team history. He guided the Bulls to the brink of the BFL playoffs in

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, falling 33-28 to the

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in the final game of the season despite throwing three touchdown passes and zero interceptions in the loss. Brody is characterized as a drop-back style quarterback, however he led the Bulls in rushing touchdowns during the 2008 and 2010 seasons. During the 2010 season, Brody rushed for two touchdowns in a 26-14 loss to the

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and three touchdowns in a 35-14 win against the

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. After the conclusion of the 2009 season, Brody signed a one-game contract with the Budapest Cowboys.

Coaching career

Brody was an assistant coach for the Brussels Bulls Junior team that finished with a 14-1 overall record during the 2008 and 2009 seasons, including victory in the 2009 Junior Belgian Championship game. He coached basketball during the 2009-2010 season at St. John's International School in Waterloo, Belgium.

References

External links

Official BFL websiteOfficial CEFL websiteOfficial The Growth of a Game website
1984 births Living people Players of American football from Irvine, California American football quarterbacks Occidental Tigers football players American expatriate sportspeople in Belgium American expatriate players of American football {{quarterback-1980s-stub