 In 1893, Pittsburgh again made history when it signed one of its players, probably halfback Grant Dibert, to the first known pro football contract, which covered all of the team's games for the year.In 1891 the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, then called the East End Gymnasium Club, decided to field a football team.Their rival, the Allegheny Athletic Association, started up a football team in 1890 that brought a lot of publicity to their club.