Bull Davidson

Bull Davidson
Position(s)	Fullback
College	Penn
Honors	1901 Penn Quakers Captain 1901 Letterman 1903 "US Football Champion" 1903 World Series of Football Champion
Teams
1902 1902 1903	Philadelphia Football Athletics "New York" Franklin Athletic Club

H.A. “Bull” Davidson was an early professional American football player for Philadelphia Football Athletics of the 1902 National Football League. He later played in the Wolrd Series of Football in 1902 and 1903, held both times at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In 1902 he played for a team simply known as "New York", which was comprised by ex-players from the recently defunct Philadelphia Football Phillies and Philadelphia Football Athletics of the 1902 National Football League. The following year, he played for the Franklin Athletic Club, which was considered the top team in professional football in 1903 by becoming the becoming the unofficial "US Football Champions". Franklin the went on to play in 1903 World Series of Football, winning the event.

Davidson also coached the professional Maryland Athletic Club, and prior to that played college football for the Penn Quakers, where he lettered and captioned the team in 1901.

He is also referenced by the Pro Football Researchers Association as Curly Davidson.

References

• Peterson, Robert W. (1997). Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511913-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=rCnbhSRZpgIC. 
• Carroll, Bob (1980). "The First Football World Series". Coffin Corner (Professional Football Researchers Association) 2 (Annual): 1–8. http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/02-An-054.pdf. 
• PFRA Research. "Franklins Hired Guns: 1903". Coffin Corner (Professional Football Researchers Association) (Annual): 4–8. http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/02-An-054.pdf. 
• Penn Football History. University of Pennsylvania. 2005. pp. 1–16. http://www.pennathletics.com/pdf4/18226.pdf?ATCLID=178362&SPSID=8591&SPID=537&DB_OEM_ID=1700.