1898 in Sports - American Football

American Football

College championship

  • College football national championship – Harvard Crimson and Princeton Tigers (shared)

Events

  • The Morgan Athletic Club, which will eventually become Arizona Cardinals, is founded in Chicago and is the sport's oldest professional team.

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Famous quotes containing the words american and/or football:

    The American has dwindled into an Odd Fellow—one who may be known by the development of his organ of gregariousness.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Idon’t enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people’s amusement. I enjoy it if I’m being paid a lot for it.
    David Storey (b. 1933)