Ben "Sport" Donnelly of the Allegheny Athletic Association becomes the first professional American football coach.
Grant Dibert of the
Pittsburg Athletic Club becomes the first American football player to sign and be kept under to the first known professional football contract.
The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League is re-established and use the Duquesne Gardens as their venue. The
Pittsburgh Athletic Club goes on win the league's
first title.
Harry Peel, of the Pittsburgh Keystones admits that he was paid $35 a week to play in the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, becoming one of the first openly professional ice hockey players.
December: The first known trade of professional hockey players takes place as the
Pittsburgh Lyceum sends Harry Burgoyne to the
Pittsburgh Bankers for Dutch Koch.
1908
The Pittsburgh Bankers win
their second title in the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League.
February: The
Duquesne Athletic Club wins the
1908–09 season title in the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, as the team and the league formally fold.
July 19: the United States Geographic Board adopts "Pittsburgh" as its standard spelling of the city name, reversing its 20-year-old decision favoring "Pittsburg".
May 25:
Babe Ruth hits the final three home runs of his career as the
Boston Braves lost to the Pirates, 11–7. His last home run cleared the right field stands roofline of Forbes Field, making him the first player to ever do so.
January 3:
Ed Gainey becomes mayor, the first African-American to be elected to the office
January 28: The
Fern Hollow Bridge in
Frick Park collapses, with some minor injuries but no fatalities, ahead of a visit by President
Joseph Biden, who visits the site and pledges to repair any of the nation's bridges needing renovation.
^"History of the Food Bank". Duquesne, Pennsylvania: Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Archived from
the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
John Leander Bishop (1868). "Statistics of the Principal Manufacturing Cities ... with Descriptions of Remarkable Manufactories: Pittsburgh". History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860 (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co.
hdl:
2027/nyp.33433066379151.
Pittsburgh strangers' City Guide, Pittsburgh: J. H. McFarland, 1871,
OL24485655M
Robert C. Brooks (1901),
"Pittsburgh", Bibliography of Municipal Problems and City Conditions, Municipal Affairs, vol. 5 (2nd ed.), New York: Reform Club,
OCLC1855351
Lubove, Roy, ed. Pittsburgh 1976. 294 pp. short excerpts covering main themes
Robert I. Vexler (1977), Howard B. Furer (ed.), Pittsburgh: a chronological & documentary history, 1682–1976, American Cities Chronology Series, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.:
Oceana Publications,
ISBN0-379-00606-5
Louise A. Jezierski (2012), "Partnerships in Pittsburgh: civic cultures and organizational capacities", in Laura A. Reese and Raymond A. Rosenfeld (ed.), Comparative Civic Culture: the Role of Local Culture in Urban Policy-Making, Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate,
ISBN978-1-4094-3654-6
Ben "Sport" Donnelly of the Allegheny Athletic Association becomes the first professional American football coach.
Grant Dibert of the
Pittsburg Athletic Club becomes the first American football player to sign and be kept under to the first known professional football contract.
The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League is re-established and use the Duquesne Gardens as their venue. The
Pittsburgh Athletic Club goes on win the league's
first title.
Harry Peel, of the Pittsburgh Keystones admits that he was paid $35 a week to play in the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, becoming one of the first openly professional ice hockey players.
December: The first known trade of professional hockey players takes place as the
Pittsburgh Lyceum sends Harry Burgoyne to the
Pittsburgh Bankers for Dutch Koch.
1908
The Pittsburgh Bankers win
their second title in the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League.
February: The
Duquesne Athletic Club wins the
1908–09 season title in the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, as the team and the league formally fold.
July 19: the United States Geographic Board adopts "Pittsburgh" as its standard spelling of the city name, reversing its 20-year-old decision favoring "Pittsburg".
May 25:
Babe Ruth hits the final three home runs of his career as the
Boston Braves lost to the Pirates, 11–7. His last home run cleared the right field stands roofline of Forbes Field, making him the first player to ever do so.
January 3:
Ed Gainey becomes mayor, the first African-American to be elected to the office
January 28: The
Fern Hollow Bridge in
Frick Park collapses, with some minor injuries but no fatalities, ahead of a visit by President
Joseph Biden, who visits the site and pledges to repair any of the nation's bridges needing renovation.
^"History of the Food Bank". Duquesne, Pennsylvania: Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Archived from
the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
John Leander Bishop (1868). "Statistics of the Principal Manufacturing Cities ... with Descriptions of Remarkable Manufactories: Pittsburgh". History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860 (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co.
hdl:
2027/nyp.33433066379151.
Pittsburgh strangers' City Guide, Pittsburgh: J. H. McFarland, 1871,
OL24485655M
Robert C. Brooks (1901),
"Pittsburgh", Bibliography of Municipal Problems and City Conditions, Municipal Affairs, vol. 5 (2nd ed.), New York: Reform Club,
OCLC1855351
Lubove, Roy, ed. Pittsburgh 1976. 294 pp. short excerpts covering main themes
Robert I. Vexler (1977), Howard B. Furer (ed.), Pittsburgh: a chronological & documentary history, 1682–1976, American Cities Chronology Series, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.:
Oceana Publications,
ISBN0-379-00606-5
Louise A. Jezierski (2012), "Partnerships in Pittsburgh: civic cultures and organizational capacities", in Laura A. Reese and Raymond A. Rosenfeld (ed.), Comparative Civic Culture: the Role of Local Culture in Urban Policy-Making, Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate,
ISBN978-1-4094-3654-6