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Nick Name	Rovers
Earliest Known Date	1867
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Location	Geneva, IL, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	"Geneva, Illinois. A History of Its Times and Places" (1977) p. 49: "The first uniformed team [in Geneva] was called the Rovers. It played every Saturday afternoon from April to September." Starts 1867. Members 14-16 years old. They played in what is today the Sansone Subdivision. The Chicago Tribune, Oct. 2, 1875 reports that the Genevas of Geneva beat the Muldoons of Elgin 18 to 8 at the Kane County Fair.
Sources	"Geneva, Illinois. A History of Its Times and Places" (1977) p. 49
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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First in Location	Geneva, IL
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 |Description=<p>"Geneva, Illinois. A History of Its Times and Places" (1977) p. 49:</p>
-<p>"The first uniformed team [in Geneva] was called the Rovers. It played every Saturday afternoon from April to September." Starts 1867. Members 14-16 years old. The played in what is today the Sansone Subdivision.</p>
+<p>"The first uniformed team [in Geneva] was called the Rovers. It played every Saturday afternoon from April to September." Starts 1867. Members 14-16 years old. They played in what is today the Sansone Subdivision.</p>
 <p>The Chicago&nbsp;<em>Tribune</em>, Oct. 2, 1875 reports that the Genevas of Geneva beat the Muldoons of Elgin 18 to 8 at the Kane County Fair.</p>
 |Sources=<p>"Geneva, Illinois. A History of Its Times and Places" (1977) p. 49</p>