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The Oneida Football Club Monument, sometimes called Football Tablet, is a monument by Joseph Coletti, installed in Boston Commons, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Oneida Football Club Monument

The monument in 2010
Coordinates	42°21′22.5″N 71°4′1.8″W
Location	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Designer	Joseph Arthur Coletti
Type	Monument
Material	Marble
Length	2.5 ft
Width	7 in
Height	6.5 ft
Opening date	1925

Description and history

The marble table was donated by seven members of the Oneida Football Club and installed in 1925. It measures approximately 6.5 ft. × 2.5 ft. × 7 in. An inscription on the front reads:

"ON THIS FIELD THE ONEIDA / FOOTBALL CLUB OF BOSTON / THE FIRST ORGANIZED FOOTBALL / CLUB IN THE UNITED STATES / PLAYED AGAINST ALL COMERS / FROM 1862 TO 1865. THE ONEIDA / GOAL WAS NEVER CROSSED / THIS MONUMENT IS PLACED ON BOSTON COMMON / NOVEMBER 1925 BY THE SEVEN SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE TEAM".

An inscription on the back reads, "MEMBERS OF THE ONEIDA TEAM", with a list of names.[1]

It was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1997.[1]

See also

• 1925 in art

References

External links

• Media related to Oneida Football Club Monument at Wikimedia Commons

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