It seems the FNNFFL has some celebrties amongst it. I just heard this news shortly after my Grandmother Grimm past away this summer. . Brian and I are related to one of the first on record professional football players.
Who knows maybe Heffelfinger was the first fantasy sleeper....but with that salary I am sure he had high expectations and could have been the first bust....who knows. His nickname was Pudgy so maybe he may not of had much fantasy relevance.
This could very well end the Whitecaps franchise name to one in honor of "Pudgy".
Here is a list for you to check your kinfolk:
Listed below are the first seven players known to have been openly paid to play football:
William "Pudge" Heffelfinger – Allegheny Athletic Association, Pittsburgh, – $500 for one game on November 12, 1892.
Ben "Sport" Donnelly – Allegheny Athletic Assocation, Pittsburgh – $250 for one game on November 19, 1892.
Peter Wright – Allegheny Athletic Association, Pittsburgh – $50 per game (under contract) for the entire 1893 season.
James Van Cleve – Allegheny Athletic Association, Pittsburgh – $50 per game (under contract) for the entire 1893 season.
Oliver W. Rafferty – Allegheny Athletic Association, Pittsburgh – $50 per game (under contract) for the entire 1893 season.
Lawson Fiscus – Greenburg, PA – $20 per game (under contract) for the entire 1894 season.
John Brallier – Latrobe, PA, – $10 and expenses for one game on September 3, 1895.
(MyFantasyLeague.com Fantasy Times Sources - Nov 2, 2009) In a week 8 Free Nate Newton Fantasy Football League classic, C'ville Survivors beat a strong Ladyboy Surprise team by a score of 93.834 to 83.099, behind the support of 69,755 faithful fans.
C'ville Survivors were led to their 10.735 point victory by a 27.000 point effort from the Chicago Bears Defensive Team. With this performance, the Bears was the number 4 ranked overall fantasy scorer for week 8. They also got help from a 18.467 point effort from Ray Rice, who got by the Denver Broncos defense for 84 rushing yards and 1 rushing td in addition to 24 receiving yards.
"We snatched victory out of the jaws of defeat," C'ville Survivors coach Dean Ellenburg said.
Ladyboy Surprise were helped out in a losing cause by a 17.600 point effort from LaDainian Tomlinson, who snuck past the Oakland Raiders defense for 56 rushing yards and 2 rushing tds. They also got help from a 17.000 point effort from the New Orleans Saints Defensive Team.
"It just wasn't meant to be," Ladyboy Surprise coach Mark Debes said.
C'ville Survivors took advantage of their schedule this week, as their point total would have gone for a loss against 8 out of 10 other potential opponents in week 8.
This brings the record for C'ville Survivors to 3-5, and drops Ladyboy Surprise to a record of 3-5.
Coming up in week 9, the 3-5 Purple Sunday are at Ladyboy Surprise, where Ladyboy Surprise are an early 27.8-point favorite, while C'ville Survivors are at the 7-1 Bird Brains, where Bird Brains are an early 15-point favorite.
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