1900 Homestead Library & Athletic Club season

Football team in Pennsylvania August 2023 Homestead Library & Athletic Club 1900 Homestead Library Athletic Club football team 1900.jpg Professional football champion #33b white 10–0 Bill Church Bill ChurchPFRA Research The Worst Season Ever: Pittsburgh Pro Teams Find Hard Times: 1900 1 Professional Football Researchers Association http://www.profootballresearchers.org/articles/Worst_Season_Ever.pdf March 22, 2023 December 18, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101218174114/http://profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Worst_Season_Ever.pdf dead Bill Church 1st half Dave Fultz 2nd half Steel Works Park 1899 1901 The 1900 Homestead Library & Athletic Club football team won the professional football championship of 1900. The team was affiliated with the Homestead Library & Athletic Club in Homestead, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. The team featured a lineup of former college All-Americans paid by Pittsburgh Pirates' minority-owner William Chase Temple. Organization In 1898, William Chase Temple took over the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club, becoming the first individual team owner in professional football. In 1900, most of the Duquesne players were hired by the Homestead Library & Athletic Club, by offering them higher salaries.Pro Football Before The NFL Quake City http://foreshock.wordpress.com/origin-of-nfl-teams-1922-present/pro-football-before-the-nfl/ 20 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090625111707/http://foreshock.wordpress.com/origin-of-nfl-teams-1922-present/pro-football-before-the-nfl/ 25 June 2009 live Over the next two seasons (1900 and 1901), Homestead fielded the best professional football team in the country and did not lose a game. The 1900 team reportedly paid its player "from $50 to $100 a game plus 'expenses.'"No More Wednesday Games: Mid-West Football Given up by Practically All the Colleges New Haven Evening Register 1900-10-30 After a season as coach of Georgetown, former Princeton tackle Bill Church was hired by Homestead as the team's captain and manager. Other players for the 1900 Homestead team included Dave Fultz and J. A. Gammons (halfbacks from Brown University), Pete Overfield (center from Penn), Bemus Pierce (guard from the Carlisle Indian School), Art Poe (end from Princeton), Otto Wagonhurst (from Penn), John Hall (end from Yale), George Young (quarterback from Cornell), Willis Richardson (from Brown), Artie Miller (from Carlisle), Grenville Lewis (fullback from Maryland and Columbian), John Winstein (tackle, various local teams), and guards M. P. McNulty (from Notre Dame) and P. J. Lawler.The Pittsburg Press September 30, 1900 15 Football Heroes of Last Season's College Games Will Play with Homestead's All-Star Team This Year https://www.newspapers.com/article/50065655/ Newspapers.com George H. Brooke (fullback from Penn) was signed to appear only in "important" games, as he was coaching Swarthmore during the same season.The Pittsburg Press November 5, 1900 5 George Brooke Reported To-day to Homestead https://www.newspapers.com/article/143427081/ Newspapers.com Season summary Before the season, the schedule was announced as: October 6 vs. Pittsburgh College, October 13 vs. Altoona, October 20 @ Greensburg, October 27 vs. Detroit A.C., November 3 @ Latrobe, November 6 @ Duquesne C. & A.C., November 10 vs. Greensburg, November 17 vs Lehigh, November 24 vs. Latrobe, November 29 vs. Bucknell.Football Heroes of Last Season's College Games Will Play With Homestead's All-Star Team This Year Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, PA September 30, 1900 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33387360/homestead_1900_football_schedule/ Season schedule October 6 w Pittsburgh College Steel Works Park Homestead, PA 37–0 Homestead Has a Great Team https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86345393/the-pittsburgh-press/ The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania October 7, 1900 14 October 2, 2021 Newspapers.com October 13 w Altoona Athletic Club Steel Works Park Homestead, PA 58–0 October 20 w y Greensburg Athletic Association Athletic Park Greensburg, PA 6–5 October 27 w Detroit Athletic Club Steel Works Park Homestead, PA 54–0 November 3 w y Latrobe Athletic Association Athletic Park Latrobe, PA 11–0 November 6 w y Duquesne Country and Athletic Club Exposition Park Allegheny City, PA 10–0 Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette November 7, 1900 6 Homestead Won the Second Trophy Cup Game https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27618363/ Newspapers.com November 10 w Greensburg Athletic Association Steel Works Park Homestead, PA 12–0 November 17 w Lehigh Steel Works Park Homestead, PA 50–0 Homestead Won By A Large Majority https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81803857/the-pittsburgh-press/ The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania November 18, 1900 14 July 19, 2021 Newspapers.com November 24 w East End Athletic Association Steel Works Park Homestead, PA 30–0 The Pittsburg Post November 25, 1900 12 East Enders Hold the Stars https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47145887/ Newspapers.com November 29 w Latrobe Athletic Association Steel Works Park Homestead, PA 12–0 References Homestead Library and Athletic Club Category:Homestead Library & Athletic Club seasons Homestead Library and Athletic Club football