Swiftfoot Club of Philadelphia

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Nick Name	Swiftfoot
Earliest Known Date	Thursday, July 5, 1866
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Location	Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	Peverelly (1866) p. 488 says the Swiftfoot Club organized July 6, 1866 in Philadelphia, but hasn't played any games of consequence yet. However, the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, May 4, 1866 reports that the Hatters Alert BBC played the Swift Foot at the new baseball/skating grounds at 24th and Ridge. Presumably this is the same team. Orion merged into it. Philadelphia Press, Aug. 26, 1866 Tholkes RIM has this club playing in 1865
Sources	Peverelly (1866) p. 488
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1865	2 Played	0 Won	2 Lost	0 Tied

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Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1865-11-15	Philadelphia		PA	Union Club of Philadelphia	Swiftfoot Club of Philadelphia	36 - 25		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1865-12-02	Philadelphia		PA	Alvin Club of Philadelphia	Swiftfoot Club of Philadelphia	31 - 14		Bob Tholkes

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