Let's Go Greenies!

Who the heck are the Greenies?  Well for all of you sports gooroos out there, the Greenies were Greensburg's own football team in the 1890's.  Who would have thought the City of Greensburg would have had their own football team.  It all started when the Greensburg Athletic Association formed a team in 1890.  They played other teams like the Latrobe Athletic Association.  Fun Fact: Latrobe was their biggest rival.  Anyway, the team fell apart in 1900 but left some pretty cool pieces of history to remain.  George Barclay played for the team and invented the first football helmet which looked something like this...

Not very supportive, huh?  There was also Charlie Atherton who invented the place kick, used for field goals and kick off.  Check out the Greensburg's Greenies!