A 1903 photograph of the football team of Coaldale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Coaldale boasted of a popular baseball team in the early days preceding the advent of football in that town.
Members pictured:
Front Row (seated): Rube Shellhammer; J. O’Donnell; John McLane; John Holmes; George Aiken.
Back Row (standing): Tom Barrett; Joe McHugh; William McElroy; Thomas Mitchell.
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From: Joseph H. Zerbey, History of Pottsville and Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, published in 1936, available as a free download.
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