Warslow Athletic Club

Warslow Athletic Club Whitestone Warslows
Founded	1894
Folded	1939
Based in	Long Island, NY, United States
League	Independent
Team History	Warslow Athletic Club (1894-1932) Whitestone American Legion (1933) Columbia Dems (1934) Warlows (1939)
Team Colors	Unknown
Nickname(s)	Warslow Indians
Other League Championship wins	New York Independent Champions: 1900, 1901
Home field(s)	Knab's Park

Warslow Athletic Club (also formally known as the Whitestone Warslows and the Warslow Indians) were an early amateur, and later professional, American football team. The club, based on Long Island, is best remembered for playing in the 1902 World Series of Football, played at Madison Square Garden. During the Series, the club played the Knickerbocker Athletic Club in a hard fought 11-6 losss and was eliminated from the competition. The team also claimed to be the "New York Independent Football Champions" in 1900 and 1901.

Over the span of its history, the team's name changed several times. In 1933, the club took to the field as the Whitestone American Legion, while a year later they were called the Columbia Dems. After a 4 year hiatus, the finally fielded one final team, called the simply the Warslows.

Warslow (Warlow) Athletic Club in 1900

External links

• Carroll, Bob (1980). "The First Football World Series". Coffin Corner (Professional Football Researchers Association) 2 (Annual): 1–8. http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/02-An-054.pdf. 
• Johnson, Pearce (1987). "When Did They Start?". Coffin Corner (Professional Football Researchers Association) 9 (6): 1–5. http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/09-06-304.pdf. 
• Warlow Athletic Club: Complete Football Records
• "Indoor Football Games: Knickerbockers Defeat Warlow A.C. in Heavyweight Class". New York Times (December 31). 1902. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F00F17FE34591B728DDDA80B94DA415B828CF1D3.