Team: | Allegheny Athletic Association |
Year: | 1893 |
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Text Color: | white |
Record: | 4–3 |
Manager: | O. D. Thompson |
Coach: | Sport Donnelly |
Captain: | Ollie Rafferty |
Field: | AAA Park |
Previous: | 1892 |
Next: | 1894 |
The Allegheny Athletic Association played its fourth season of American football in 1893. Managed by O. D. Thompson and coached by Ben "Sport" Donnelly, the team compiled a record of 4–3.
The team signed Peter Wright, John Van Cleve, and Ollie Rafferty to season-long contracts promising them $50 per game, making them the third, fourth, and fifth players (after Pudge Heffelfinger and Donnelly) known to have been paid to play football.[1]