greensburg athletic association: 1894
from 1890 until 1900, greensburg home of greensburg athletic association, 1 of earliest professional football teams. team began amateur football club in 1890 , composed of locals before several paid players added 1895. in 1894 discovered team had secretly paid formerly indiana normal (now indiana university of pennsylvania) player, lawson fiscus, play football , retained services on salary. team chief rival of professional football team, latrobe athletic association.
on december 3, 1898, 2 players greensburg athletic association joined latrobe athletic association form first professional football all-star team game against duquesne country , athletic club, played @ pittsburgh s exposition park. duquesne went on win game 16-0.
aside fiscus, greensburg athletic association included several of era s top players, such as: charlie atherton, george barclay, ross fiscus, jack gass, arthur mcfarland, charles rinehart, isaac seneca , adam martin wyant. several of these players revolutionized game during playing careers. charlie atherton credited inventing place kick, , george barclay invented first-ever football helmet. meanwhile, isaac seneca became first native-american earn all-american honors , adam wyant made history becoming first professional football player elected united states congress.
baseball
in 1907, greensburg fielded greensburg red sox, minor league baseball team in class d western pennsylvania league played 1 season in 1907. 1934 until 1939, greensburg home of greensburg red wings, class d minor league baseball team affiliated st. louis cardinals, brooklyn dodgers , washington senators. team s name changed several times on years. in 1934, team founded greensburg trojans. year later, took on red wings moniker. 1937, team renamed greensburg green sox , greensburg senators in 1939.
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