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| Full name | Oneida Football Club |
|---|---|
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Founded | 1862 |
| Dissolved | 1865 [n 1] |
| Club colors | [n 2] |
| Activities | Boston game football |
| Founder | Gerrit Smith Miller |
| President | J. Huntington Wolcott (1864–65) |
The Oneida Football Club, founded and captained by Gerrit Smith Miller in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1862, was the first organized team to play any kind of football in the United States.[2][3][4][5] The game played by the club, known as the "Boston game", was an informal local variant that combined association and rugby football[3] and predated the codification of rules for American football.[4]
The team, made up of students of Boston's elite preparatory schools, played on Boston Common from 1862 to 1865, during which time they reportedly never lost a game or even gave up a single point.[4][6][2]
After Oneida disbanded, former members established the Harvard University Football Club, which continued to play under the Boston game rules.[4][7]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
globewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b History of Professional Soccer in New England by David A. Litterer at Sover.net (archived, 22 Feb 2008)
- ^ a b No Christian End! The Beginnings of Football in America By PFRA Research (Originally Published in The Journey to Camp: The Origins of American Football to 1889 (PFRA Books))
- ^ a b c d THE BOSTON GAME article by Michael T. Geary at academia.edu
- ^ Were the Oneidas playing soccer or not? by Roger Allaway at sover.net (archived)
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millerbookwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "THE FOOTBALL H: A CRIMSON H ON A BLACK SWEATER The H Book Of Harvard Athletics 1852 1922 (archived, 21 Ago 2010)
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