Guide to the Joseph Natoli Morningside Bulldogs Collection 1945-2000
- Repository
- Heinz History Center
- Title
- Joseph Natoli Morningside Bulldogs Collection
- Creator
- Joseph Natoli, 1927-2013
- Collection Number
- MSS 733
- Extent
- 3 linear feet 2 boxes, 1 shelf volume, 1 oversize folder
- Date
- 1945-2000
- Abstract
- The Morningside Bulldogs were a prominent youth football team in the Pittsburgh area from 1950-1979. The team's founder and head coach finished with a record of 271-19-8. The Joseph Natoli Morningside Bulldogs Collection include yearbooks, photographs, rosters, and newspaper clippings from when the team was in existence in addition to alumni newsletters and programs about alumni reunions.
- Language
- The material in this collection is in English.
- Sponsor
- This collection has been made accessible as part of an NHPRC-funded Basic Processing grant.
- Publisher
- Heinz History Center
- Address
-
1212 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
library@heinzhistorycenter.org
URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org
History
The Morningside Bulldogs were a youth football team based in the Morningside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pa., from 1950-1979. This was a youth football team for boys ages between 13 and 15 and was a team that prepared and trained boys for high school football. Joseph Natoli was the founder of the team. Natoli was born in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Bloomfield in 1927 and was one of eight children. His family moved to Morningside in 1937, where Joe played football for the youth football team the Morningside Vikings. He became the head coach of the team in 1944, and coached until he founded the Bulldogs in 1950. Natoli's final record with the Bulldogs was 271-19-8. In addition to coaching, Natoli worked in the Pittsburgh Parks and Recreation department for 35 years.
Scope and Content Notes
The Joseph Natoli Morningside Bulldogs Collection includes yearbooks, photographs, rosters, programs, newspaper clippings, and a book about the history of the team. In addition there is one oversized scrapbook from the 1970 team containing images from every game of that season, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs and biographical information of each player. Yearbooks in the collection contain information about individual seasons beginning in 1960 through 1974, and also 1976, 1978, and 1979. There is one program from the 1957 Santa Claus Bowl the Bulldogs took part in Lakeland, Florida. Also included are programs from various reunions the team had, as well as alumni newsletters from the 1990s. Some correspondence to and from Joseph Natoli is also included.
Conditions Governing Access
None
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift from Joseph Natoli in 2004.
Archives accession # 2004.0101
Preferred Citation
Joseph Natoli Morningside Bulldogs Collection, 1945-2000, MSS 733 , Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Pam Richter on February 23, 2012.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with the Senator John Heinz History Center. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives of the Senator John Heinz History Center.
Related Materials
Several items including jerseys, a jacket, and a helmet has been separated out to the Museum Division.
Separated Materials
One volume is separated and oversized. It is a scrapbook of the 1970 Morningside Bulldogs team and contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Subjects
- Morningside (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Morningside Bulldogs (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Youth league football