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Vol. XI: Holmesburg Athletic Club

Named for Thomas Holme, an early settler who as surveyor to William Penn laid out the original plan for the City of Philadelphia, Holmesburg is a working class neighborhood in the Lower Northeast section of Philadelphia.  Today, perhaps, it is most famous for the notorious prison which bears its name.  But in the early part of the last century this community was also known as the home of the Holmesburg Athletic Club.  During the years following World War I, the HAC fielded one of the most popular and successful teams in the city’s burgeoning club football scene.  More detailed information about this club can be found at Ghosts of the Gridiron's Holmesburg Athletic Club page.

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