Chicago Athletic Association football.

About Chicago Athletic Association football

The Chicago Athletic Association was a men's club formed in 1890 and American football team, based in Chicago, Illinois. Through their long history, the Chicago Athletic Association had a variety of sports teams that competed in track, swimming, water polo, baseball and gymnastics. A basketball team was also sponsored, and boxing and fencing demonstrations were common in the club's earlier days. Beginning in the 1890's their swimming and water polo teams were coached by John Robinson, a member of the Water Polo Hall of Fame, and the club had several members medal in the 1904 St. Louis Olympics. The club formed a football team in 1892 which played for seven seasons, and was built around veterans of Chicago's University Club football team.