1886 Brooklyn Hill Football Club season

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, capatin, 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.

1886 Brooklyn Hills football
Conference	American Football Union
1886 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

1886 American Football Union football standings
	Conf							Overall
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			–	–	–	–	–

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
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

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. 1886-11-18. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
4. "Two Football Games". The New York Times. 1886-10-10. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
5. "City And Suburban News". The New York Times. 1886-10-16. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
6. "Football Notes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1886-10-18. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
7. "Football and Lacrosse". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1886-10-17. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
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.
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10. "City and Suburban News". The New York Times. 1886-10-30. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
11. "Kicking Football". The New York Times. 1886-10-31. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
12. "Sports and Pastimes". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1886-10-31. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
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18. "Sporting Notes". The Brooklyn Union. 1886-11-11. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
19. "Sporting Notes". The Brooklyn Union. 1886-10-25. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
20. "Football On Staten Island". The New York Times. 1886-11-14. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
21. "Football Notes". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1886-11-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
22. "The Brooklyn Hills Beaten". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1886-11-21. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
23. "Football at Princeton". The Brooklyn Union. 1886-11-21. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
24. "Football Notes". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1886-11-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
25. "Sporting Notes". The Brooklyn Union. 1886-11-24. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
26. "Football Notes". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1886-11-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-08-11.