Editing Greensburg, Pennsylvania (section)

===American football===
[[File:Greensburg 1893.jpg|thumb|Greensburg Athletic Association (1893)]]
From 1890 until 1900, Greensburg was the home of the [[Greensburg Athletic Association]], one of the earliest professional [[American football|football]] teams. The team began as an amateur football club in 1890 and was composed primarily of locals before several paid players were added for 1895. In 1894 it was discovered that the team had secretly paid formerly Indiana Normal (now [[Indiana University of Pennsylvania]]) player, [[Lawson Fiscus]], to play football and retained his services on salary. The team was the chief rival of another early professional football team, the [[Latrobe Athletic Association]].<ref name="PFRA">{{cite magazine|title=The History of Pro Football at Greensburg, Pennsylvania (1894–1900) |journal=Coffin Corner |publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association |issue=Annual |year=1983 |pages=1–14 |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/05-An-165.pdf |author=Van Atta, Robert |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127054500/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/05-An-165.pdf |archive-date=November 27, 2010  }}</ref>

On December 3, 1898, two players from the Greensburg Athletic Association joined with the Latrobe Athletic Association to form [[1898 Western Pennsylvania All-Star football team|the very first professional football all-star team]] for a game against the [[Duquesne Country and Athletic Club]], to be played at Pittsburgh's [[Exposition Park (Pittsburgh)|Exposition Park]]. Duquesne went on to win the game 16–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stars Over All-Stars |publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association |issue=Annual |pages=1–5 |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Stars_Over_All_Stars.pdf |author=PFRA Research |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126225257/http://profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Stars_Over_All_Stars.pdf |archive-date=November 26, 2010  }}</ref>

Aside from Fiscus, the Greensburg Athletic Association included several of the era's top players, such as: [[Charlie Atherton]], [[George Barclay (baseball)|George Barclay]], [[Ross Fiscus]], [[Jack Gass]], [[Arthur McFarland]], [[Charles Rinehart]], [[Isaac Seneca]] and [[Adam Martin Wyant]]. Several of these players revolutionized the game during their playing careers. Charlie Atherton is credited with inventing the [[place kick]], and George Barclay invented the first-ever [[football helmet]]. Meanwhile, Isaac Seneca became the first [[Native Americans in the United States|Native-American]] to earn [[All-American]] honors and Adam Wyant made history by becoming the first professional football player to be elected to the [[United States Congress]].<ref name="PFRA"/>