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teams in the early twentieth century.

Confusing names

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sponsored a team, known as Victor T.M. Another team, also known as Victor F.C., was based in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. There is a reference to another Victor F.C. playing in

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. This team could be either the team in Camden or the one in Bethlehem as Camden and Philadelphia sit adjacent to each other in the

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and Bethlehem teams frequently played in the Philadelphia leagues. However, this is unlikely as both Victor F.C. of Philadelphia and Victor T.M. of Camden played in the 1914-1915 Allied League.

Competitive history

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Victor T.M. was a member of the American League of Philadelphia during the 1914-1915 and 1915-1916 seasons.

Victor F.C. of Bethlehem

In 1916, the Victor F.C. of South Bethlehem entered the Blue Mountain League and were runners up for the 1918

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In 1910, Victor F.C. won the Philadelphia and Suburban Association Foot Ball League. Four years later, it went to the quarterfinals of the 1914 American Cup. A year after that Victor F.C. went to the quarterfinals of the

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and the third round of the

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References

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