Description: The game was played before 2500 people at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York on November 8, 1924.  The more talented St. John’s (Queens, New York) squad suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Canisius College which was coached by Major League and NFL Football player Luke Urban.    The St. John’s Red Strom was coming off an undefeated 5-0-1 season and finished the year 3-3.  The Canisius Golden Griffins were 7-1 in 1923, finished the 1924 campaign with a winning record at 4-3, and showcased the following stars who would go onto play professionally:
Russ Burt (1924-1925 Buffalo Bison)
Elmer Bud Doyle (1927 Buffalo Bison)
Lou Feist (1924-25 Buffalo Bison and 1926 Buffalo Rangers)
Al Guarnieri (1924 Buffalo Bison and 1925 Canton Bulldogs)

While Canisius College featured Hall of Fame members Carl McNally (1928, inducted 1965), Albert Guarnieri (1927, inducted 1972), and Joseph P. Nolan (1925, inducted 1976 along with head coach Luke Urban), St. John’s University (then St. John’s College) had a bastion of talent including more than half a team of future professional football players:
Lester Les Caywood (1926 Kansas City Cowboys but did not play in a game, 1926 Buffalo Rangers, 1927 Cleveland Bulldogs, 1927 Pottsvilled Maroons, 1927 New York Giants World Champions, 1928 Detroit Wolverines, 1929-1931 New York Giants, 1941 Chicago Cardinals, 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1932 New York Giants, 1933-34 Cincinnati Reds and 1934 St. Louis Gunners)
Thomas Tom Cobb (1926 Kansas City Cowboys, 1927 Cleveland Bulldogs, 1928 Detroit Wolverines and 1931 Chicago Cardinals)
James Jim Fitzgerald (1926 Brooklyn Horsemen)
Captain Leo Predergast (Lafayette, 1926 Brooklyn Horsemen, coached Lehigh and is pictured on the cover)
Theodore Ted Plumridge (Colgate, 1926 Brooklyn Horsemen and 1926 Brooklyn Lions)
Rex Thomas (University of Tulsa, 1926 Brooklyn Lions, 1927 Cleveland Bulldogs, 1928 Detroit Wolverines and 1930-31 Brooklyn Dodgers)

The program is in a solid fair condition and despite heavy creasing, wear and some back damage in only one area, the visual appeal is still very nice.  If you spent a long time looking, you might be able to find another program from this game but it is very likely that this is the only known ticket stub from this event which featured almost an entire team (10 players) which would go on to play professionally on the gridiron.

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