Warslow Athletic Club
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Warslow Athletic Club were an early amateur, and later professional, American football
team. The club, based on Long Island, is best remembered for playing in the 1902 World Series of Football
, played at Madison Square Garden
. During the Series, the club played the Knickerbocker Athletic Club
in a hard fought 11-6 losss and was eliminated from the competition. The team also claimed to be the "New York Independent Football Champions" in 1900 and 1901.
Over the span of its history, the team's name changed several times. In 1933, the club took to the field as the Whitestone American Legion, while a year later they were called the Columbia Dems. After a 4 year hiatus, the finally fielded one final team, called the simply the Warslows.
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...
team. The club, based on Long Island, is best remembered for playing in the 1902 World Series of Football
World Series of Football (1902)
The World Series of Football was a series of football games played indoors at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1902 and 1903. It originally comprised five teams, four from New York state and one from New Jersey...
, played at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden (1890)
Madison Square Garden was an indoor arena in New York City, the second by that name, and the second to be located at 26th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan...
. During the Series, the club played the Knickerbocker Athletic Club
Knickerbocker Athletic Club football team
The Knickerbocker Athletic Club was an early amateur and later professional football team based in New York City from around 1897 until 1902. The team is best known for participating in the 1902 World Series of Football. During the event, the Knickerbockers defeated the Warslow Athletic Club from...
in a hard fought 11-6 losss and was eliminated from the competition. The team also claimed to be the "New York Independent Football Champions" in 1900 and 1901.
Over the span of its history, the team's name changed several times. In 1933, the club took to the field as the Whitestone American Legion, while a year later they were called the Columbia Dems. After a 4 year hiatus, the finally fielded one final team, called the simply the Warslows.