1890 WUP Football Team | Historic Pittsburgh

1890

Title
1890 WUP Football Team
Date
1890
Identifier
FTBL02.UA
Description
Group portrait of the Western University of Pennsylvania's 1890 football team. Football at the Western University of Pennsylvania began in 1889 with Burt Smyers and John Scott as organizers. Of the team members, only three had actually seen a football game played. Only one game, resulting in a loss to Shadyside Academy, was played that inaugural year. The first true season for the team began on October 11, 1890 against the Allegheny Athletic Association. Players pooled their money to purchase a football and each supplied his own uniform.
Extent
5 x 7 in.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
photographic prints
gelatin silver prints
Subject
Football teams
College football players
College sports
Western University of Pennsylvania
Football
Pitt Panthers (Football team)
Geographic Subjects
North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Collection
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
Rights Information
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