There is a book on Dutch Clark that I thought was a great read about that early era of football. One story I thought was interesting (and I hope I get the details right) was that when the Portsmith Spartans were having trouble they hadn’t paid him a game check for the last half of the season, so before the last game he walked into the ticket office and demanded his money or he wouldn’t play that day. Well they paid him and he played but after the game he had take the train back home to Colorado with 700 silver dollars in his pockets. If you’ve ever dealt with silver you know how awkward that must have been.
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