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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_Professional_Football_Circuit Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The  Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit  was a loose association of  American football  clubs that operated from 1890 to approximately 1940. Originally amateur,  professionalism  was introduced to the circuit in 1892; cost pressures pushed the circuit to  semi-professional  status from about 1920 through the rest of its existence. Existing in some form for 48 years, it was one of the longest-lived paying football loops to operate outside the auspices of the  National Football League . The football clubs of the 1880s and 1890s were amateur teams. They were under the membership of an  athletic club , which provided both sports and the ability to  wager money  on the sports. However, the prestige and increased membership that could come from a successful team, led these clubs to begin secretly hiring tale

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensburg_Athletic_Association The  Greensburg Athletic Association  was an early organized  football  team, based in  Greensburg, Pennsylvania , that played in the unofficial  Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit  from 1890 until 1900. At times referred to as the  Greensburg Athletic Club... ... In 1894 it was discovered that the team had secretly paid formerly Indiana Normal (now   Indiana University of Pennsylvania ) player,   Lawson Fiscus , to play football and retained his services on salary. The team was the chief rival of another early professional football team, the   Latrobe Athletic Association . Aside from Fiscus, the Greensburg Athletic Association included several of the era's top players, such as:  Charlie Atherton ,  George Barclay ,  Ross Fiscus ,  Jack Gass ,  Arthur McFarland ,  Charles Rinehart ,  Isaac Seneca  and  Adam Martin Wyant . Charlie Atherton is credited with inventing the  place kick , [1]  and George Barc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1895_Greensburg_Athletic_Association_football_season 1895 Greensburg Athletic Association October 5, 1895 Greensburg Athletic Association 25-0 Latrobe Athletic Association October 12, 1895 Greensburg Athletic Association 42-2  Western University of Pennsylvania   October 19, 1895 Greensburg Athletic Association 12-6  Altoona Athletic Club October 26, 1895 Greensburg Athletic Association 44-0  Carnegie Athletic Club of Braddock  - - - - - - - - 1895 Greensburg Athletic Association 12-0  Wheeling Tigers  - - - - - - - - 1895 Greensburg Athletic Association 40-0  Connellsville, Pennsylvania November 9, 1895 Greensburg Athletic Association 0-0  Pittsburgh Athletic Club November 16, 1895 Greensburg Athletic Association 0-12  Duquesne Country and Athletic Club November 23, 1895 Greensburg Athletic Association -W-  Altoona Athletic Club November 28, 1895 Greensburg Athletic Association -W-  Beaver Falls Y.M.C.A. [1] November 30, 1895 Greensburg Athletic Associati

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894_Greensburg_Athletic_Association_season October 13, 1894  Greensburg Athletic Association  24-0  Kiski School    October 21, 1894  Greensburg Athletic Association  21-0 Indiana Normal October 27, 1894  Greensburg Athletic Association  36-0  West Virginia   November 3, 1894  Greensburg Athletic Association  24-0  Carnegie Athletic Club of Braddock November 10, 1894  Greensburg Athletic Association  6-4  Pittsburgh College November 17, 1894  Greensburg Athletic Association  0-10  Altoona Athletic Club November 24, 1894  Greensburg Athletic Association  0-0  Jeannette Athletic Club [1] November 29, 1894  Greensburg Athletic Association  6-4  Altoona Athletic Club [2] Head coach Charlie Atherton Home field Athletic Park