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The Oreos Athletic Club or Ashbury Oreos were an early professional American football team, established in 1903, and based in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The team is best remembered for playing in the 1903 World Series of Football at Madison Square Garden. During the Series, the Oreos played against the Watertown Red & Black in a hard-fought 5–0 loss. The team lost another game during the event to the Orange Athletic Club by a score of 22–0. According to reports, Watertown won the game on a controversial touchdown call, by the referee, in the second half of the game. Fighting and rioting soon broke out between the Oreos and Watertown fans, before being contained by the New York Police Department.
References
- "Liverly Indoor Football". New York Times (December 15). 1903. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F30E13FC3E5D11738DDDAC0994DA415B838CF1D3.
- 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.
- Johnson, Pearce (1987). "When Did They Start?". Coffin Corner (Professional Football Researchers Association) 9 (6): 1–5. http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/09-06-304.pdf.
- Orange Athletic Club of New Jersey: Complete Football Records
World Series of Football (1902-1903) 1902 teams Knickerbocker Athletic Club • "New York team" •Orange Athletic Club • Syracuse Athletic Club • Warslow Athletic Club1903 teams Franklin Athletic Club • Knickerbocker Athletic Club • Olympic Athletic Club • Orange Athletic Club • Oreos Athletic Club • Watertown Red & BlackArena Madison Square GardenRelated topics Categories:- Early professional American football teams in New York
- Sports clubs established in 1903
- World Series of Football (1902-1903)
- American football teams in New York
- Defunct American football teams
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