1907 Latrobe Athletic Association season

The 1907 Latrobe Athletic Association season was their twelfth season in existence. The decrease in community interest and the change of the team from the professional ranks to a local amateur status in 1907 coincided with John Brallier's last year as a player. The team finished 5–2–2 or 5–3–2 in 1907.

1907 Latrobe Athletic Association football
Record5–2–2 or 5–3–2
Manager
Head coach
Captain
  • Leo Gibson
Home fieldLatrobe Steel Athletic Grounds
Seasons

Leadership

Prior to the start of the season, Latrobe's veteran captain Harry Ryan retired as a player and took on the role of co-head coach with John Brallier, who also held the position of manager.[1] Leo Gibson succeeded Ryan as captain.[2] It was arranged that Brallier would handle coaching duties every third week or when Ryan was working the night shift at the steel plant.[3]

Schedule
Game Date Opponent Result Source
1 October 12 Altoona Athletic Club[lower-alpha 1] W 22–0
2 October 19 Steelton L 0–6
3 October 26 Ellwood City W 28–0
4 November 2 at Steelton L 0–12
5 November 5 California (PA) YMCA W 38–0
6 November 9 Wilkinsburg Sterling Athletic Club T 0–0
7 November 16 at South Fork T 0–0
8 November 23 South Fork W 16–0
9 November 28 Wilkinsburg Sterling Athletic Club W 6–2 [5]
10 November 30 at Pittsburgh Lyceum[lower-alpha 2] L 0–33 [8][9]

Game notes
  1. Game was billed as being against the Altoona Athletic Club, but was really against the Altoona Area High School football team.[4]
  2. The Latrobe Bulletin reported that the season ended after the November 28 (Thanksgiving) game vs. Sterling,[6] and dismissed the game vs. Lyceum as having been played by a "patched up conglomeration [of Latrobe and Sterling AC players] styling itself as the Latrobe team".[7] Yearly game results compiled by Robert B. Van Atta do not include the Lyceum game.[4]

References
  1. "Football for Latrobe Is Now Almost a Certainty". Latrobe Bulletin. September 11, 1907. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Gibson to Captain Latrobe". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. October 4, 1907. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Two Games of Football Are Arranged with Steelton". Latrobe Bulletin. September 17, 1907. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Van Atta, Robert (1980). "Latrobe, PA: Cradle of Pro Football" (PDF). Coffin Corner. Professional Football Researchers Association. 2 (Annual): 1–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-26.
  5. "Sterlings Show Well". The Pittsburgh Post. November 29, 1907. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Record of the Football Team". Latrobe Bulletin. November 30, 1907. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Players Received Bunch of Coin". Latrobe Bulletin. December 2, 1907. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Latrobe's Warriors Walloped". The Pittsburg Press. December 1, 1907. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Pittsburgh Lyceum Lands Laurels in Closing Contest with Latrobe". The Pittsburgh Post. December 1, 1907. Sec. 4, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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