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1907 Latrobe Athletic Association season

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1907 Latrobe Athletic Association football
Record5–2–2 or 5–3–2
Manager
Head coach
Captain
  • Leo Gibson
Home fieldLatrobe Steel Athletic Grounds
Seasons
← 1906

The 1907 Latrobe Athletic Association season was their twelfth season in existence. The decrease in community interest and the change of the team from the professional ranks to a local amateur status in 1907 coincided with John Brallier's last year as a player. The team finished 5–2–2 or 5–3–2 in 1907.

Leadership

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Prior to the start of the season, Latrobe's veteran captain Harry Ryan retired as a player and took on the role of co-head coach with John Brallier, who also held the position of manager.[1] Leo Gibson succeeded Ryan as captain.[2] It was arranged that Brallier would handle coaching duties every third week or when Ryan was working the night shift at the steel plant.[3]

Schedule

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Game Date Opponent Result Source
1 October 12 Altoona Athletic Club[a] W 22–0
2 October 19 Steelton L 0–6
3 October 26 Ellwood City W 28–0
4 November 2 at Steelton L 0–12
5 November 5 California (PA) YMCA W 38–0
6 November 9 Wilkinsburg Sterling Athletic Club T 0–0
7 November 16 at South Fork T 0–0
8 November 23 South Fork W 16–0
9 November 28 Wilkinsburg Sterling Athletic Club W 6–2 [5]
10 November 30 at Pittsburgh Lyceum[b] L 0–33 [8][9]

Game notes

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  1. ^ Game was billed as being against the Altoona Athletic Club, but was really against the Altoona Area High School football team.[4]
  2. ^ The Latrobe Bulletin reported that the season ended after the November 28 (Thanksgiving) game vs. Sterling,[6] and dismissed the game vs. Lyceum as having been played by a "patched up conglomeration [of Latrobe and Sterling AC players] styling itself as the Latrobe team".[7] Yearly game results compiled by Robert B. Van Atta do not include the Lyceum game.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Football for Latrobe Is Now Almost a Certainty". Latrobe Bulletin. September 11, 1907. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Gibson to Captain Latrobe". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. October 4, 1907. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Two Games of Football Are Arranged with Steelton". Latrobe Bulletin. September 17, 1907. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b Van Atta, Robert (1980). "Latrobe, PA: Cradle of Pro Football" (PDF). Coffin Corner. 2 (Annual). Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-26.
  5. ^ "Sterlings Show Well". The Pittsburgh Post. November 29, 1907. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Record of the Football Team". Latrobe Bulletin. November 30, 1907. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Players Received Bunch of Coin". Latrobe Bulletin. December 2, 1907. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Latrobe's Warriors Walloped". The Pittsburg Press. December 1, 1907. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Pittsburgh Lyceum Lands Laurels in Closing Contest with Latrobe". The Pittsburgh Post. December 1, 1907. Sec. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.