Sport | Arena football |
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Awarded for | Winning the ArenaBowl, the championship game of the Arena Football League (1987-2019) |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Arena Football League |
History | |
First award | August 22, 1992 |
First winner | Denver Dynamite |
Most wins | Arizona Rattlers (5) |
Most recent | Albany Empire 1st title |
The Foster Trophy is the official trophy given to the winning team of the championship game of the Arena Football League (AFL), the ArenaBowl. It was first awarded in 1992 and continued to be awarded until the league's folding in 2019. The name was used for two different trophies: one from 1992 to 2003, and from 2004 onwards (see below).[1] It was named after Jim Foster, the inventor of the sport of arena football and the principal founder of the AFL, also serving as the sport's first commissioner.[1]