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Ross Fiscus
William Ross Fiscus (April 2, 1870 – November 6, 1950) was an early professional American football player and coach. He was one of the first pro players on record. Playing career Fiscus played for the Allegheny Athletic Association professional football team as a lineman in 1891 and 1892, but by 1893 he had successfully earned the role as halfback. Fiscus continued to play several more years for Allegheny, even dropping out of college to do so. This would have put him alongside the first recorded professional football player Pudge Heffelfinger, who also played for Allegheny. In 1896, he played alongside his brother, Lawson, for the Greensburg Athletic Association. Coaching career Fiscus was the second head football coach at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and he held that position for three seasons, from 1897 until 1899. His coaching record at Geneva was 6–9–2. Later life Fiscus died November 6, 1950, at his home in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Pi ...
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Armstrong Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Armstrong Township is a township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township was named after General Armstrong who commanded the celebration against Kittanning.http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paicgs/townships/armstrong.shtml The population was 2,786 at the 2020 census. The township includes the communities of Crete, Miller, Parkwood (formerly called Stewartsville), Tannery Village, and Thomas. It surrounds the separately incorporated borough of Shelocta, Pennsylvania, Shelocta. History The Thomas Covered Bridge (Pennsylvania), Thomas Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.08%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 3,090 people, 1,160 households, and 882 families residing in the township. The population density was 82.0 people per square mile (31.6/ ...
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Indiana Gazette
The ''Indiana Gazette'' is a public newspaper printed for Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and surrounding areas. It is delivered daily except for holidays and special occasions. It is located on Water Street in Indiana, Pennsylvania Indiana is a borough in and the county seat of Indiana County in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The population was 13,564 at the 2020 census, and since 2013 has been part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. After being a long time par .... History The ''Indiana Gazette'' was established by the Ray family 1890, and is printed by Indiana Printing and Publishing. The Indiana Printing and Publishing Company came to the Donnelly family when Joe Donnelly, father of current president Michael J. Donnelly, married into the Ray family. Joseph Donnelly wed Lucille Ray, daughter of the generation of Rays that founded the then-titled the ''Indiana Evening Gazette''. Joseph and Lucy had three children, Hastie, Stacie and Michael. Inside news The daily ...
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American Football Halfbacks
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American Football Guards
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ...
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19th-century Players Of American Football
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the large S ...
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1950 Deaths
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1870 Births
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1899 Geneva Covenanters Football Team
The 1899 Geneva Covenanters football team was an American football team that represented Geneva College as an independent during the 1899 college football season. Led by Ross Fiscus in his third and final year as head coach, Geneva compiled a record of 0–3. The team's captain was William Lewis. Schedule References Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ... Geneva Golden Tornadoes football seasons College football winless seasons Geneva Covenanters football {{collegefootball-1890s-season-stub ...
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1899 College Football Season
The 1899 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Harvard and Princeton as having been selected national champions. Chicago, Kansas, and Sewanee went undefeated. With just 13 players, the Sewanee team, known as the "Iron Men", had a six-day road trip with five shutout wins over Texas A&M; Texas; Tulane; LSU; and Ole Miss. Sportswriter Grantland Rice called the group "the most durable football team I ever saw." Conference and program changes Conference establishments *One conference played its final season in 1899: **Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association The Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association (MIFA), also called the Maryland Intercollegiate League, was an early college football conference with a membership composed of schools located primarily in the state of Maryland. One exception was ... – active since 1894 Membership changes Conference standings Major conference standings ...
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1898 Geneva Covenanters Football Team
The 1898 Geneva Covenanters football team was an American football team that represented Geneva College as an independent during the 1898 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Ross Fiscus William Ross Fiscus (April 2, 1870 – November 6, 1950) was an early professional American football player and coach. He was one of the first pro players on record. Playing career Fiscus played for the Allegheny Athletic Association professiona ..., Geneva compiled a record of 0–6–1. Schedule References Geneva Geneva Golden Tornadoes football seasons College football winless seasons Geneva Covenanters football {{collegefootball-1890s-season-stub ...
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1898 College Football Season
Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. * January 13 – Novelist Émile Zola's open letter to the President of the French Republic on the Dreyfus affair, ''J'Accuse…!'', is published on the front page of the Paris daily newspaper '' L'Aurore'', accusing the government of wrongfully imprisoning Alfred Dreyfus and of antisemitism. * February 12 – The automobile belonging to Henry Lindfield of Brighton rolls out of control down a hill in Purley, London, England, and hits a tree; thus he becomes the world's first fatality from an automobile accident on a public highway. * February 15 – Spanish–American War: The USS ''Maine'' explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor, Cuba, for reasons never fully established, killing ...
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1897 Geneva Covenanters Football Team
The 1897 Geneva Covenanters football team was an American football team that represented Geneva College as an independent during the 1897 college football season The 1897 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Penn and Yale as having been selected national champions. Conference and program changes Conference establishments * .... Led by first-year head coach Ross Fiscus, Geneva compiled a record of 3–4–1. Schedule References Geneva Geneva Golden Tornadoes football seasons Geneva Covenanters football {{collegefootball-1890s-season-stub ...
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