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The first rules for football were created by Walter Camp at the Massasoit convention.
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The Pittsburgh Athletic Club signed Grant Dibert as their first pro football player. He covered all the PAC's games for that year.
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The Allegheny Athletic Association (AKA: AAA) fielded the first pro teams. Only two games were played.
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The Latrobe Athletic Association were the first football team to play games in a season with an all professional team.
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The amount of points in a touch down were changed from 4 points to 5.
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William C. Temple started to pay for the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club, becoming the first known individual club owner.
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The Franklin Athletic Club won the second and last World Series of pro football over the Oreos AC of Asbury Park.
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A field goal point amount is changed from 5 to 4.
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The Canton AC, later called the Bulldogs, become a professional team.
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A Field goal point range dropped from 4 points to 3.
