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Western Pennsylvania Pro Football Circuit logo

Western Pennsylvania Pro Football Circuit (WPPFC)
Seasons 1890-1905 (16 seasons)

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Recap

The Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit was a loose association of American football clubs that operated beginning in 1890. Originally amateur, professionalism was introduced to the circuit when William Walter "Pudge" Heffelfinger became the first athlete to play football professionally, having been paid to play in 1892.

By 1904, the exodus of pro football talent to the "Ohio League" and the arrival of the NYPFL in 1908 diminished the region's level of play and the national professional champions were usually claimed by the teams from Ohio or New York.

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Other concurrent football leagues:    
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1905 WPPFC Season
1905 WPPFC Season
Latrobe Athletic Assoc.
1904 WPPFC Season
1904 WPPFC Season
Latrobe Athletic Assoc.
1903 WPPFC Season
1903 WPPFC Season
Franklin Athletic Club
1902 WPPFC Season
1902 WPPFC Season
Syracuse Athletic Club
1901 WPPFC Season
1901 WPPFC Season
Homestead Library & Athletic
1900 WPPFC Season
1900 WPPFC Season
Homestead Library & Athletic
1899 WPPFC Season
1899 WPPFC Season
Duquesne Country & Athletic
1898 WPPFC Season
1898 WPPFC Season
Duquesne Country & Athletic
1897 WPPFC Season
1897 WPPFC Season
Greensburg Athletic Assoc.
1896 WPPFC Season
1896 WPPFC Season
Allegheny Athletic Assoc.
1895 WPPFC Season
1895 WPPFC Season
Duquesne Country & Athletic
1894 WPPFC Season
1894 WPPFC Season
Allegheny Athletic Assoc.
1893 WPPFC Season
1893 WPPFC Season
Unknown Champion
1892 WPPFC Season
1892 WPPFC Season
Allegheny Athletic Assoc.
1891 WPPFC Season
1891 WPPFC Season
East End Gymnasium Club
1890 WPPFC Season
1890 WPPFC Season
Allegheny Athletic Assoc.

WPPFC History

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