Team: | Allegheny Athletic Association |
Year: | 1893 |
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Text Color: | white |
Record: | 4–3 |
Manager: | O. D. Thompson |
Coach: | Sport Donnelly |
Captain: | Ollie Rafferty |
Field: | AAA Park |
Previous: | 1892 |
Next: | 1894 |
The 1893 Allegheny Athletic Association football season was the fourth season of competition for the American football team representing the Allegheny Athletic Association. Managed by O. D. Thompson and coached by Ben "Sport" Donnelly, the team compiled a record of 4–3.
The team signed Peter Wright, John Van Cleve, and Ollie Rafferty to season-long contracts promising them $50 per game, making them the third, fourth, and fifth players (after Pudge Heffelfinger and Donnelly) known to have been paid to play football.[1]