Place of death Buffalo, New York Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) Name Lynn Sweet | Position(s) Center, Tackle Weight 172 lb (78 kg) | |
Date of birth (1881-10-22)October 22, 1881 Date of death October 21, 1918(1918-10-21) (aged 36) | ||
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.
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