william "pudge" heffelfinger
History has recorded that William Heffelfinger was the first person to be paid for playing football, receiving $500 for playing a game for the Allegheny Athletic Association against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club on November 12, 1892.
1892
The first player to be paid for playing football was William Heffelfinger who was paid $500 to play for the Allegheny Athletic Association in a game against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club in 1892.
Alabama started playing foot ball in 1892. Their record was 2-2.
1892
The first documentation of a player being paid for playing football is an expense sheet from the 1892 Allegheny Athletic Association's football team that shows a $500 payment to William Heffelfinger.
No. The first NFL game was held in Ohio in 1920 and the first ever game to use players that were paid for playing was held in Pennsylvania in 1892.
November 12, 1892 in Pennsylvania
Sunderland were the Football League Champions in 1892.
1892 there first kit was blue and grey
November 11, 1892
According to the National Football Hall of Fame. The first game was played in 1892 in Pittsburg, PA. This is the first recorded evidence that one of the players (Heffelfinger) was paid $500 to play the game.