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 founded in 1890 as a regional athletic club in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which is today the North Side of Pittsburgh.
1892 team, on which Pudge Heffelfinger (not shown) became the first professional football player
First all-professional football team, 1896
Latrobe Athletic Association
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The Latrobe Athletic Association was a professional football team located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, from 1895 until 1909. A member of the unofficial Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit, the team is best known for being the first football club to play a full season while composed entirely of professional players. In 1895, team's quarterback, John Brallier, also became the first football player to openly turn professional, by accepting $10 and expenses to play for Latrobe against the Jeannette Athletic Club.
Latrobe's 1895 team
1897 Latrobe Team: The First All Professional Team to Play an Entire Season
Latrobe's manager, David J. Berry