Hygeia Club of Pittsburgh

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Nick Name	Hygeia
Earliest Known Date	Friday, June 1, 1866
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Location	Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	The New York Clipper, June 23, 1866 reports on a game recently between the lawyers and doctors of the Hygeia Club of Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, Aug. 9, 1866 reports that the Hygeia played the Enterprise of Allegheny. The Hygeia grounds were at Oakland Park. Lawyer, politician, and businessman Joseph Murphy Gazzam was at one time the president of the Hygeia Base Ball Club.
Sources	The New York Clipper, June 23, 1866. History of the Gazzam Family", Antoine de Beelen Mackenzie, private circulation, 1894, p. 49. (available on Google Books and loc.gov); Provided by Brian Youmans, Arlington MA, July 2020. "The Iron City (April 1867) pp. 69-71
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Found by	Bruce Allardice, Brian Youmans
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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Field	Years	Edit Association with Club
Oakland Park, Pittsburgh	1866 on