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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,992 posts) Sat Nov 12, 2022, 10:30 AM Nov 2022

On this day, November 12, 1892, Pudge Heffelfinger became the first professional football player.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_12

• 1892 – Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.

Heffelfinger at Yale

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On this day, November 12, 1892, Pudge Heffelfinger became the first professional football player. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 OP

If I remember correctly, he was so dominant at guard while playing for Yale, rsdsharp Nov 2022 #1

rsdsharp

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1. If I remember correctly, he was so dominant at guard while playing for Yale,

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Sat Nov 12, 2022, 01:56 PM

Nov 2022

they sewed a handle onto the back of his jersey, so that the backs could grab on, and he could just tow them for yardage. (Don’t try this today.)

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