Knickerbocker Athletic Club football team
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The Knickerbocker Athletic Club was an early amateur and later professional football
team based in New York City
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 Warslow Athletic Club
from Long Island by a score of 11-6. However the Knickerbockers were defeated by the Syracuse Athletic Club, 36-0, on New Year's Eve
. During the 1903 World Series of Football, the Olympic Athletic Club
defeated Knickerbockers 6-0, on December 14, 1903.
1897, the Knickerbockers traveled to Chicago
to play the Bankers Athletic Club. The Knickerbockers lost that game 46-8. On October 15, 1898, the team was reportedly defeated by the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club
from Pittsburgh, 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 United States Marines from the Brooklyn Naval Yards, 47-0.
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team based in New York City
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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 Warslow Athletic Club
Warslow Athletic Club
Warslow Athletic Club were an early amateur, and later professional, American football team. The club, based on Long Island, is best remembered for playing in the 1902 World Series of Football, played at Madison Square Garden...
from Long Island by a score of 11-6. However the Knickerbockers were defeated by the Syracuse Athletic Club, 36-0, on New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
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. During the 1903 World Series of Football, the Olympic Athletic Club
New York Olympic Athletic Club football team
The New York Olympic Athletic Club football team was an early semi-professional football team based in New York City. The team was founded by club owner, Roderick McMahon and is best remembered for playing in the 1903 World Series of Football. During the series, the Olympic A.C...
defeated Knickerbockers 6-0, on December 14, 1903.
Other games
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1897, the Knickerbockers traveled to Chicago
Chicago
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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 Duquesne Country and Athletic Club
Duquesne Country and Athletic Club
The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club was a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1895 until 1900. The team was considered one of the best, if not the best, professional football teams in the country from 1898 until 1900...
from Pittsburgh, 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 United States Marines from the Brooklyn Naval Yards, 47-0.