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The original Buffalo Bisons baseball club played in the National League between 1879 and 1885. The Bisons played their games at Riverside Park (1879–1883) and Olympic Park (1884–1885) in Buffalo, New York. In 1886, they moved into minor league baseball as members of the original International League.
Buffalo Bisons - IL (1886–1888) Location: Richmond Avenue (west); Summer Street (south); Norwood Avenue (east) - a few blocks west of the site of War Memorial Stadium Currently: Richmond-Summer Recreation Center, residential buildings Olympic Park (II) aka Buffalo Baseball Park Home of: Buffalo Bisons - IL (1889, 1891–1923) Buffalo Bisons ...
Riverside Park is a former baseball ground located in Buffalo, New York, United States. The ground was home to the Buffalo Bisons baseball club of the International Association in 1878, and the National League from 1879 through 1883. Although first used in 1878, its name as known to historians first surfaced in 1882.
From 1878 through 1883, Buffalo's baseball teams had played at an initially unnamed ballpark at Fargo Avenue and Rhode Island Street. The club's owners named it "Riverside Park" in 1882, although it was actually over 1,000 feet (300 m) from the Niagara River.
These include stadiums from the Eastern League (1884), New York State League (1885), International Association (1888-1890), and Eastern Association (1891), each of which league officials consider part of its origins, and the Eastern League (1892–1911), which changed its name to the International League in 1912.
The New York Pro Football League was an informal circuit of teams based in various cities across Upstate New York. The NYPFL would compete primarily in local circuits before participating in what is believed to be the first playoff tournament in professional football, which culminated in a Thanksgiving championship at Buffalo Baseball Park .
The New York Footballer's Protective Association was founded August 1912 for assisting injured athletes. [100] In 1911 Canadian George Orton teamed up with Thomas Cahill (soccer) for the Spalding Athletic Library Official Association Soccer (Foot Ball) Guide. [ 101 ]
The Buffalo Bisons were a minor league baseball team based in Buffalo, New York, that played in the International Association for Professional Base Ball Players in 1878, 1887 and 1888. [1] The 1878 version of the club won the league championship and then joined the National League in 1879 as the Buffalo Bisons .