1886 Brooklyn Hill Football Club season

American college football season

1886 Brooklyn Hills football

Conference| American Football Union
Record| 3–5–3 (0–1–2 AFU)
Head coach|

* William Halsey (1st season)

Captain| William Halsey (halfback)
Home stadium| Prospect Park, Crescent Athletic Club grounds

Seasons

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1887 ->

1886 American Football Union standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Crickets of Stevens Institute $  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0
Staten Island Football Club | 1  | - | 2  | - | 2 |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 3
Unions of Columbia | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0
Brooklyn Hill | 0  | - | 1  | - | 2 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 3
Cutler School | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | –  | - | –  | - | –
Spartan Harriers  | 0  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | –  | - | –  | - | –

The 1886 Brooklyn Hills football team was an American football team that represented the Brooklyn Hill Football Club who had been playing football since at least the year prior,[1][2] in the American Football Union during the 1886 football season. Coached and captained by William Halsey, notable halfback, captain, and secretary of the fledgling American Football Union, the Hills compiled a 3–5–3 (of games confirmed), and finished 0–1–2 in AFU play before resigning from the Union on November 16 due to a lack of league games scheduled for Saturday and an inability to complete the rest of their conference schedule.[3] The Brooklyn Hills were also not allowed to claim their forfeit win against the Unions of Columbia, as an AFU meeting on the same day confirmed. It is unclear whether or not Brooklyn Hill claimed a win on October 16 against the Crickets of Stevens Institute, with the referee deferring to the AFU, who either never resolved the issue or did so quietly.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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October 10| | Crickets of Stevens Institute*|

* Parade Grounds, Prospect Park
* Brooklyn, NY

| L 6–22| [4]
October 15| | Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn*|

* Parade Grounds, Prospect Park
* Brooklyn, NY

| T 0–0| [5]
October 16| 4:00 p.m.| Crickets of Stevens Institute|

* Parade Grounds, Prospect Park
* Brooklyn, NY

| L 6–8 (10–8 disputed)| [6][7]
October 23| | Crescent Athletic Club*|

* Crescent Athletic Club grounds
* Brooklyn, NY

| L 0–20| [8][9]
October 30| | Staten Island Football Club|

* St. George Cricket Grounds
* Staten Island, NY

| T 6–6| [10][11][12]
November 4| | Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn*|

* Washington Park
* New York City, NY

| W 28–0| [13][14]
November 6| | Unions of Columbia*|

* Crescent Athletic Club grounds
* Brooklyn, NY

| W (forfeit)| [15]
November 6| 3:40 p.m.| Yale Freshmen*|

* Crescent Athletic Club grounds
* Brooklyn, NY

| L 0–18| [16]
November 11| | at Hasbrouck Institute*|

* Jersey City Baseball grounds
* Jersey City, NJ

| W 14–0| [17]
November 13| | at Staten Island Football Club|

* St. George Cricket Grounds
* Staten Island, NY

| T 0–0| [18][19][20]
November 20| | at Princeton Freshmen*| Princeton, NJ| L 11–66 or 11–68| [21][22][23]
November 27| | Amherst*|

* Crescent Athletic Club grounds
* Brooklyn, NY

| Proposed | [24][25]
| | Yale Freshmen| | Proposed | [26]

* *Non-conference game
* All times are in Eastern time

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Foot Ball on the Hill: A Lively Amateur Game Between the Brooklyns and Crescents". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 24, 1886. p. 1 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "A Foot Ball Game: The Crescent Athletic Club Whitewashes the Brooklyn Hills". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 24, 1886. p. 8 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Sporting Notes". The Brooklyn Union. November 18, 1886. p. 2. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
4. ^ "Two Football Games". The New York Times. October 10, 1886. p. 7. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
5. ^ "City And Suburban News". The New York Times. October 16, 1886. p. 8. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
6. ^ "Football Notes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 1886. p. 3. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
7. ^ "Football and Lacrosse". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 17, 1886. p. 3. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
8. ^ "Foot Ball on the Hill: A Lively Amateur Game Between the Brooklyns and Crescents". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 24, 1886. p. 1 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "A Foot Ball Game: The Crescent Athletic Club Whitewashes the Brooklyn Hills". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 24, 1886. p. 8 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "City and Suburban News". The New York Times. October 30, 1886. p. 8. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
11. ^ "Kicking Football". The New York Times. October 31, 1886. p. 14. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
12. ^ "Sports and Pastimes". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 31, 1886. p. 16. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
13. ^ "Football Notes". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 18, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
14. ^ "Football". The Brooklyn Union. November 5, 1886. p. 3. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
15. ^ "Football Notes". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 18, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
16. ^ "Victors At Football". The New York Times. November 7, 1886. p. 7. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
17. ^ "Football Notes". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 18, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
18. ^ "Sporting Notes". The Brooklyn Union. November 11, 1886. p. 7. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
19. ^ "Sporting Notes". The Brooklyn Union. October 25, 1886. p. 2. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
20. ^ "Football On Staten Island". The New York Times. November 14, 1886. p. 9. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
21. ^ "Football Notes". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 18, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
22. ^ "The Brooklyn Hills Beaten". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 21, 1886. p. 16. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
23. ^ "Football at Princeton". The Brooklyn Union. November 21, 1886. p. 8. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
24. ^ "Football Notes". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 18, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
25. ^ "Sporting Notes". The Brooklyn Union. November 24, 1886. p. 3. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
26. ^ "Football Notes". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 18, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2020.

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