In 1895 the local Latrobe YMCA organized a local football team and announce that the team play a formal schedule.
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The Latrobe team was composed entirely of professionals in 1897.
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In 1895, team's quarterback, John Brallier, also became the first football player to openly turn pro, by accepting $10 and expenses to play for Latrobe against the Jeannette Athletic Club.
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Today Latrobe is home to the Pittsburgh Steelers training camp, located at Saint Vincent's College.
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Parratt though did not receive initial recognition for the pass since Eddie Wood of the Canton Bulldogs and Latrobe Athletic Association was erroneously credited for catching the first forward pass in pro football by Harry March in his book Pro Football: Its Ups and Downs.