Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit
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 ...