The Knickerbocker Athletic Club was an early amateur and later professional

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team based in

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from around 1897 until 1902. The team is best known for participating in the 1902 World Series of Football. During the event, the Knickerbockers defeated the Warlow Athletic Club from

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by a score of 11–6. However, the Knickerbockers were defeated by the

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, 36–0, on

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. During the 1903 World Series of Football, the Olympic Athletic Club defeated Knickerbockers 6–0, on December 14, 1903.

Other games

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1897, the Knickerbockers traveled to

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to play the Bankers Athletic Club. The Knickerbockers lost that game 46–8. On October 15, 1898, the team was reportedly defeated by the

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from

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, by a score of 45–0. Other records show that the team battled the Orange Athletic Club to scoreless games in 1898 and 1899, while the team defeated the Orange 12–0 on November 19, 1898. However, the records show Orange defeating the Knickerbockers 11–10 on November 7, 1899. On October 18, 1903, the Knickerbockers defeated a team of

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from the

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, 47–0.

External links

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Orange Athletic Club of New Jersey: Complete Football Records
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