The Chicago Athletic Association was a men's club and American football team, based in Chicago, Illinois. The club itself had been organized in 1890, and in 1892 it formed a football team. The team was built around veterans of Chicago's University Club football team. The team played for seven seasons.
The CAA built an elaborate Venetian Gothic-style men's club building on Michigan Avenue with dining, member, and athletic facilities. It remained men-only (although wives or daughters could dine with the member) until 1972, and a private club from 1893 until it closed in 2007. The building was then turned into the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel in the next decade.[1][2][3]
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