The 1898 Chicago Athletic Association football team was an

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team representing the

Chicago Athletic Association The Chicago Athletic Association was an American football team, based in Chicago, Illinois. The club itself had been organized in 1890, and in 1892 it formed a football team. The team was built around veterans of Chicago's University Club football ...

. Led by manager and coach

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, the team compiled a record of 6–5–1. It played its home games at Wanderers' Field, located at 39th Street and Wentworth Avenue in

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