Peter Wright (American football)
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Peter Wright was an early professional football
player. In 1893 he was under contract by the Allegheny Athletic Association
to be paid $50 per game for the entire season. That season Peter, Ollie Rafferty
and James Van Cleve
were all under contract.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player. In 1893 he was under contract by the Allegheny Athletic Association
Allegheny Athletic Association
The Allegheny Athletic Association was an athletic club that fielded the first ever professional American football player and later the first fully professional football team. The organization was founded in 1890 as a regional athletic club in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which is today the North...
to be paid $50 per game for the entire season. That season Peter, Ollie Rafferty
Ollie Rafferty
Oliver W. Rafferty was an early professional football player. In 1893 he was under contract by the Allegheny Athletic Association to be paid $50 per game for the entire season. He returned to Allegheny in 1894 to help the club win the Western Pennsylvania Championship...
and James Van Cleve
James Van Cleve
James M. Van Cleve was the fourth ever known person to be paid to play football. Only Pudge Heffelfinger, Sport Donnelly and Peter Wright were professionals before him. Van Cleve's contract was with the Allegheny Athletic Association for $50 per game for the entire 1893 season.In 1894, during a...
were all under contract.