Existing comment:
On this field the Oneida Football Club of Boston, the first organized club in the United States played against all comers from 1862 to 1865. The Oneida Goal was never crossed.
This monument was placed on Boston Common, November 1925 by the seven surviving members of the Team.
Oneida Football Club Monument
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The six surviving members of the Oneida Football Club at the monument's inauguration; from left to right: Winthrop Scudder, James Lovett, Gerritt Miller, Francis Peabody, Robert Lawrence, Edward Arnold. Insert: Edward Bowditch.
The Oneida Football Club Monument, sometimes called Football Tablet, is a monument by Joseph Arthur Coletti, installed in Boston Commons, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The sculpture was donated by seven members of the Oneida Football Club. It was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1997.
The marble tablet, installed in 1925, measures approximately 6.5 ft. x 2.5 ft. x 7 in. An inscription on the front reads: "ON THIS FIELD THE ONEIDA / FOOTBALL CLUB OF BOSTON / THE FIRST ORGANIZED FOOTBALL / CLUB IN THE UNITED STATES / PLAYED AGAINST ALL COMERS / FROM 1862 TO 1865. THE ONEIDA / GOAL WAS NEVER CROSSED / THIS MONUMENT IS PLACED ON BOSTON COMMON / NOVEMBER 1925 BY THE SEVEN SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE TEAM". An inscription on the back reads, "MEMBERS OF THE ONEIDA TEAM", with a list of names. |