A. S. Valentine
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Abram Sharpless Valentine was an American football player during the formative years of professional football. He played mostly with the Allegheny Athletic Association, primarily as a quarterback and
Valentine at Penn in 1889
The Allegheny Athletic Association was an athletic club that fielded the first ever professional American football player and later the first fully professional football team. The organization was fou
A. S. Valentine
…Valentine (July 11, 1871 – July 29, 1921) was an American football player during the formative years of professional football. He played mostly with the Allegheny Athletic Association, primarily as a quarterback and sometimes as a halfback. Valentine played college football and baseball at the University of Pennsylvania. After college…
1892 team, on which Pudge Heffelfinger (not shown) became the first professional football player on record
1896 "Three A's", credited as the first fully professional football team