Pittsburgh Stars
| Pittsburgh Stars | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| General information | |||
| Founded | 1902 | ||
| Folded | 1902 | ||
| Stadium | Pittsburgh Coliseum | ||
| Headquartered | Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
| Colors | Scarlet, White | ||
| Personnel | |||
| Owners | William Chase Temple & Barney Dreyfuss (Both men suspected, but never proven) | ||
| General manager | Dave Berry | ||
| Head coach | Willis Richardson | ||
| Team history | |||
Pittsburgh Stars (1902) | |||
| League / conference affiliations | |||
| National Football League (1902) | |||
| Championships | |||
| League championships: 1 (1902) | |||
The Pittsburgh (or Pittsburg) 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.