Lynn Sweet (American football)

Lynn Sweet
Date of birth (1881-10-22)October 22, 1881
Date of death October 21, 1918(1918-10-21) (aged 36)
Place of death Buffalo, New York
Career information
Position(s) Center, Tackle
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 172 lb (78 kg)
College Bucknell, Penn State
Career history
As player
1902 Philadelphia Athletics
1903 Franklin Athletic Club
1905 Canton Athletic Club
1906 Canton Bulldogs
Career highlights and awards

Lynn D. (Pop) Sweet was a professional American football player who played with the Philadelphia Athletics in the first National Football League and for the 1903 US Football Champions, the Franklin Athletic Club. Sweet also won, with Franklin, the 1903 World Series of Football, held that December at Madison Square Garden.

Prior to his professional career, he played at the college level. For 3 seasons he played for the Bucknell Bison and then spent his last season of college football with the Penn State Nittany Lions. He died in 1918.[1]

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