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
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
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
Allegheny Athletic Association
…Camp, the inventor of the modern game. The team immediately gave Allegheny a strong following. Allegheny's backfield during that inaugural year had A. S. Valentine at quarterback, two track stars in Harry Oliver and Harry Fry as the halfbacks, and O.D. Thompson at fullback. The club's inaugural season began on…
Valentine at Penn in 1889