American former minor-league gridiron football league
Anthracite League
Sport
Football
Founded
1924
Founder
James H. Gildea
Ceased
1924
No. of teams
5
Country
United States
Last champion(s)
Pottsville Maroons
Most titles
Pottsville Maroons
The Anthracite League, also referred to as the Anthracite Association, was a short-lived American football minor league comprising teams based in coal-mining towns in eastern Pennsylvania (hence the league name's reference to anthracite coal). The league lasted for just one season before folding. The teams in the league were the Coaldale Big Green, Wilkes-Barre Barons, Shenandoah Yellow Jackets, Gilberton Cadamounts, and Pottsville Maroons.
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