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Eddie Wood
Edwin Kimmell Wood (November 29, 1879 – April 29, 1926) was an early professional football player for the Latrobe Athletic Association, the Franklin Athletic Club and finally for the Canton Bulldogs of the "Ohio League". He also played on Dave Berry's Western Pennsylvania All-Star team, a collection of early football star players, that was designed to compete with the star-heavy Duquesne Country and Athletic Club on December 3, 1898, at Exposition Park in Pittsburgh. In 1902 he played in the first National Football League for the Philadelphia Phillies. He also played for Franklin when it won the 1903 World Series of Football over the Watertown Red & Black at Madison Square Garden. Wood later became one of the first professional players to catch forward passes when they became legal in 1906. 1906 scandal Wood had a brief, but memorable, stint with the Canton Bulldogs. He played in just one game for team in 1906, but the game was for the "Ohio League" championship and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana, Pennsylvania
Indiana is a borough in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The population was 14,044 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Indiana, Pennsylvania micropolitan area, about northeast of Pittsburgh. It is a part of the greater Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area, as well as the Johnstown and Pittsburgh media markets. The borough and the region as a whole promote itself as the "Christmas Tree Capital of the World" because the national Christmas Tree Growers Association was founded there. There are still many Christmas tree farms in the area. The largest employer in the borough today is Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the second-largest of 14 PASSHE schools in the state. History In 1768, Thomas and Richard Penn, sons of William Penn, secured the southern part of what would later become Indiana County from the Iroquois Six Nations through the First Treaty of Fort Stanwix. Indiana takes its name from India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Berry (American Football)
David J. Berry (May 1870 – November 10, 1928) was an American football manager during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the top promoter for the sport during that time period. He is credited with inventing the "all-star game concept" in 1898, and also helped to form one of the first organized football leagues in 1902. Latrobe He was the manager of the Latrobe Athletic Association the first ever fully professional football team to play an entire season. He was also signed John Brallier to the Latrobe football team in 1895, for $10 a game plus expenses, making him the first-ever openly professional football player. Outside of pro football, Berry was the editor of the ''Latrobe Clipper'' newspaper. All-Star game Berry was also the inventor of the all-star game. In 1898, Berry organized a team of local stars to play the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club, the Pennsylvania "football champions" that season. He came up with the idea of opposing them with an all-star t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forward Pass
In several forms of football, a forward pass is the throwing of the ball in the direction in which the offensive team is trying to move, towards the defensive team's goal line. The legal and widespread use of the forward pass distinguishes gridiron football (American football and Canadian football) from rugby football (rugby union, union and rugby league, league) from which the gridiron code evolved, in which the play is illegal. Illegal and experimental forward passes had been attempted as early as 1876, but the first legal forward pass in American football took place in 1906, after a change in the rules. Another rule change on January 18, 1951, established that no center or guard could receive a forward pass, and a tackle may only do so if he announces his intent to the referee beforehand that he will be an eligible receiver, called a tackle-eligible play. The only Lineman (gridiron football), linemen who can receive a forward pass are the ends (tight ends and wide receivers). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Its Ups And Downs
ITS, its or it's may refer to: Language * It's, an English contraction of ''it is'' or ''it has'' * Its (pronoun), the possessive form of the pronoun it * Itsekiri language (ISO 639 language code its), a language found in Nigeria and the Niger Delta Arts and entertainment * Improvisational Tribal Style, a subgenre of Tribal Style belly dance * ''It's'' (EP), by Teen Top, 2012 Businesses * Illinois Traction System, an American railroad * Industrial Tomography Systems, a manufacturer of process visualization systems based upon the principles of tomography * International Transportation Service, an American container terminal company Education * Indian Theological Seminary, an interdenominational seminary in India * Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (''Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember''), a public engineering institute in Surabaya, Indonesia * Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds (ITS Leeds) * Institute of Technological Studies, Sri Lanka * Institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry March
Harry Addison March (December 11, 1875 – June 10, 1940) was an early football historian and promoter, as well as a medical doctor. He also helped organize the National Football League (NFL) and well as the second American Football League (AFL). March is also credited with convincing Tim Mara to purchase an NFL franchise for New York City, which is still in existence today as the New York Giants. He wrote one of the first books on the history of the professional game: '' Pro Football: Its Ups and Downs'' in 1934.''Pro Football, Its Ups and Downs'' Harry March, J. B. Lyon Company, Albany, NY 1934 Dr. March is known as the "Father of Professional Football.""Dr. Harry March, Noted in Football", obituary Dr. Harry March, ''New York Times'', June 11, 1940, p. 25 Biography Early life March was born in New Franklin, Ohio, on December 11, 1875, and grew up in Canton. His father, Henry Clay March, was an officer in the U.S. Army and a close friend to future President William McKi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Bulldogs–Massillon Tigers Betting Scandal
The Canton Bulldogs–Massillon Tigers betting scandal was the first major scandal in professional football in the United States. It refers to a series of allegations made by a Massillon, Ohio newspaper charging the Canton Bulldogs coach, Blondy Wallace, and Massillon Tigers end, Walter East, of conspiring to fix a two-game series between the two clubs. One account of the scandal called for Canton to win the first game and Massillon was to win the second, forcing a third game—with the biggest gate—to be played legitimately, with the 1906 Ohio League championship at stake. Another account accused Wallace and East of bribing Massillon players to throw a game in the series. Canton denied the charges, maintaining that Massillon only wanted to damage the club's reputation. Although Massillon could not prove that Canton had indeed thrown the second game and it remains unknown if there was ever a match-fixing agreement, the scandal tarnished the Bulldogs name and reportedly helpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blondy Wallace
Charles Edgar "Blondy" Wallace (died March 5, 1937) was an early professional football player and later convicted criminal during the Prohibition Era. He was a 240-pound, former Walter Camp second-team All-American tackle from the University of Pennsylvania. He also played two years at Peddie Institute, in New Jersey, winning state championships in 1896 and 1897. During his professional playing career he was involved in almost every major event in professional football between 1902 and 1907. Over that timespan he played for the independent Philadelphia Athletic Club, the Philadelphia Athletics of the first National Football League, the " New York" team and the Syracuse Athletic Club in the 1902 World Series of Football, the Franklin Athletic Club and the Canton Bulldogs of the Ohio League. In 2022, he was named one of the 10 inaugural members for the Football Learning Academy's Hall of Honor, which looks to acknowledge deserving icons that are not currently inducted in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massillon Tigers
The Massillon Tigers were an early professional football team from Massillon, Ohio. Playing in the " Ohio League", the team was a rival to the pre-National Football League version of the Canton Bulldogs. The Tigers won Ohio League championships in 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906, then merged to become "All-Massillons" to win another title in 1907. The team returned as the Tigers in 1915 but, with the reemergence of the Bulldogs, only won one more Ohio League title. Pro football was popularized in Ohio when the amateur Massillon Tigers hired four Pittsburgh pros to play in the season-ending game against Akron. At the same time, pro football declined in the Pittsburgh area, and the emphasis on the pro game moved west from Pennsylvania to Ohio. The team opted not to join the APFA (later renamed the NFL) in 1920; it remained an independent club through 1923, when the Tigers folded. During their time as an independent, the Tigers never played against any team in the NFL, even though sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forward Passes
In several forms of football, a forward pass is the throwing of the ball in the direction in which the offensive team is trying to move, towards the defensive team's goal line. The legal and widespread use of the forward pass distinguishes gridiron football (American football and Canadian football) from rugby football (rugby union, union and rugby league, league) from which the gridiron code evolved, in which the play is illegal. Illegal and experimental forward passes had been attempted as early as 1876, but the first legal forward pass in American football took place in 1906, after a change in the rules. Another rule change on January 18, 1951, established that no center or guard could receive a forward pass, and a tackle may only do so if he announces his intent to the referee beforehand that he will be an eligible receiver, called a tackle-eligible play. The only Lineman (gridiron football), linemen who can receive a forward pass are the ends (tight ends and wide receivers). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison Square Garden (1890)
Madison Square Garden (1891–1926) was an indoor arena in New York City, the second by that name, and the second and last to be located at 26th Street (Manhattan), 26th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Opened in 1891 at the cost of about $500,000, it replaced the Madison Square Garden (1879), first Madison Square Garden, and hosted numerous events, including boxing matches, orchestral performances, light operas and romantic comedies, the annual French Ball, both the P. T. Barnum#Circus, Barnum and the Ringling Brothers Circus, Ringling circuses, and the 1924 Democratic National Convention, which nominated John W. Davis after 103 ballots. The building closed in 1925, and was replaced by the Madison Square Garden (1925), third Madison Square Garden at Eighth Avenue and 50th Street, which was the first to be located away from Madison Square. History Madison Square Garden II, as it has come to be called in retrospect, was designed by noted architect Stanford White, who kept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watertown Red & Black
The Watertown Red & Black is a semi-professional American football team based in Watertown, New York. The team is the oldest active semi-pro football team in the United States, and can trace its history to 1896, although the Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA) claimed it was founded as an ''Athletic Club'' in 1899. Because of this, the team has the second most wins (661) and most games played (1,022) of any semi-professional team. They have an overall record of 661–318–43 for a win percentage of .647. The Red & Black have their own showcase in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as being the oldest semi-pro team in the nation. The team currently plays in the Northeast Football Alliance with home games at the Alex Duffy Fairgrounds in Watertown. Beginning In 1902 the Watertown Athletic Association became known as the Red & Black Professional Football Team. Though it declined participation in the first World Series of Pro Football, it loaned its entire backfiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Football League (1902)
The first National Football League (NFL) was the first attempt at forming a national professional American football league in 1902. This league has no ties with the modern National Football League. In fact the league was only composed of teams from Pennsylvania, which meant it was actually regional, despite having locations in the two largest cities in Pennsylvania. Two of the teams were based in Philadelphia, while the third was based in Pittsburgh. This NFL was a curious mixture of football players and baseball players who adapted to playing football. Future Baseball Hall of Famer Rube Waddell was with the Philadelphia Athletics (NFL), Philadelphia Athletics, and pitcher Christy Mathewson a fullback (American football), fullback for Pittsburgh. Two of the three teams were owned by the Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia Athletics, with the third team suspected of being owned by the Pittsburgh Pirates. The league folded after the 1902 season. History Founding Ironically th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
