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| Founded | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Folded | 1902 |
| Based in | Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States |
| League | National Football League (1902) |
| Team history | Pittsburgh Stars (1902) |
| Team colors | Scarlet, White[1][2] |
| Head coaches | Willis Richardson |
| General managers | Dave Berry |
| Owner(s) | William Chase Temple & Barney Dreyfuss (Both men suspected, but never proven) |
| Other League Championship wins | 1 (1902) |
| Named for | Number of football players who were considered the sport's stars during the era. |
| Home field(s) | Pittsburgh Coliseum |
The Pittsburgh (or Pittsburg)[3] Stars were a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1902. The team was a member of the first National Football League, which has no connection with the modern National Football League. The league was a curious mixture of baseball and football, with two of the three teams (Philadelphia Athletics and Philadelphia Phillies) sponsored by the major league baseball teams of the same names, and the Pittsburgh team suspected of being secretly financed by baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates. The Stars were managed by Dave Berry, previously the manager of the Latrobe Athletic Association professional football team.
The Stars won the league championship in the league's only season of existence.[4]
- ^ "League Has Come To Stay". The Pittsburg Post. September 25, 1902. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Stars Show Improvement". The Pittsburg Post. October 23, 1902. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ During the team's existence, the name of Pittsburgh was commonly, but not always, spelled without the h.
- ^ Peterson p. 34