History
In the years following World War I, the coal mining towns of eastern Pennsylvania produced a number of outstanding football clubs. An annual competition between the locals for the Curran Cup produced a game that was arguably the equal of that played by the fledgling National Football League. Although the these teams played each other as independents the success of the NFL eventually helped to prompt these teams to form their own official league.
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