Conshohocken Athletic Club
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The Conshohocken Athletic Club was a professional football
team based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
from 1914 until 1920, when the club's financial problems made it impossible to field a team. In the fall of 1921, the newly established Conshohocken Athletic Association took over sponsorship of the team. The new Association was formed as a community based organization with the purpose of promoting and supporting outdoor athletics and had the full support of Conshohocken Athletic Club.
Conshohocken won the mythical Schuylkill County
championship in 1914, 1915 and 1916, before laying claim to the eastern Pennsylvania championship in 1919.
Conshohocken had an annual Thanksgiving rivalry with the Norristown Billikens of Norristown, Pennsylvania
; from 1914 to 1916, Conshohocken beat the Billikens in all three games.
American football
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team based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Conshohocken is a borough on the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in suburban Philadelphia. Historically a large mill town and industrial and manufacturing center, after the decline of industry in recent years Conshohocken has developed into a center of riverfront commercial and...
from 1914 until 1920, when the club's financial problems made it impossible to field a team. In the fall of 1921, the newly established Conshohocken Athletic Association took over sponsorship of the team. The new Association was formed as a community based organization with the purpose of promoting and supporting outdoor athletics and had the full support of Conshohocken Athletic Club.
Conshohocken won the mythical Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
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championship in 1914, 1915 and 1916, before laying claim to the eastern Pennsylvania championship in 1919.
Conshohocken had an annual Thanksgiving rivalry with the Norristown Billikens of Norristown, Pennsylvania
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Norristown is a municipality in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, northwest of the city limits of Philadelphia, on the Schuylkill River. The population was 34,324 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Montgomery County...
; from 1914 to 1916, Conshohocken beat the Billikens in all three games.
Season by season
| Year | W | L | T | Finish | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Schuylkill Champs | |
| 1915 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Schuylkill Champs | |
| 1916 | 9 | 1 | 1 | Schuylkill Champs | |
| 1917 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1918 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1919 | 8 | 0 | 1 | E. Pennsylvania Champs | Howard Berry |
| 1920 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1921 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1922 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1923 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1924 | 9 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1925 | - | - | - | ||