<P> On September 3 , 1895 the first wholly professional game was played , in Latrobe , Pennsylvania , between the Latrobe Athletic Association and the Jeannette Athletic Club . Latrobe won the contest 12 -- 0 . During this game , Latrobe 's quarterback , John Brallier became the first player to openly admit to being paid to play football . He was paid $10 plus expenses to play . In 1897 , the Latrobe Athletic Association paid all of its players for the whole season , becoming the first fully professional football team . In 1898 , William Chase Temple took over the team payments for the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club , a professional football team based in Pittsburgh from 1895 until 1900 , becoming the first known individual football club owner . Later that year , the Morgan Athletic Club , on the South Side of Chicago , was founded . This team later became the Chicago Cardinals , then the St. Louis Cardinals and now is known as the Arizona Cardinals , making them the oldest continuously operating professional football team . </P>
<P> On September 3 , 1895 the first wholly professional game was played , in Latrobe , Pennsylvania , between the Latrobe Athletic Association and the Jeannette Athletic Club . Latrobe won the contest 12 -- 0 . During this game , Latrobe 's quarterback , John Brallier became the first player to openly admit to being paid to play football . He was paid $10 plus expenses to play . In 1897 , the Latrobe Athletic Association paid all of its players for the whole season , becoming the first fully professional football team . In 1898 , William Chase Temple took over the team payments for the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club , a professional football team based in Pittsburgh from 1895 until 1900 , becoming the first known individual football club owner . Later that year , the Morgan Athletic Club , on the South Side of Chicago , was founded . This team later became the Chicago Cardinals , then the St. Louis Cardinals and now is known as the Arizona Cardinals , making them the oldest continuously operating professional football team . </P>
where was the first professional football game played
where was the first professional football game played
Latrobe , Pennsylvania
Latrobe , Pennsylvania