Meet the American who was the first paid professional football player: Pudge Heffelfinger
[html]Gridiron goliath and Yale star Pudge Heffelfinger was later paid $500 to play for the Allegheny Athletic Association in 1892, beco*ing the first professional football player.[/html]
Source: Meet the American who was the first paid professional football player: Pudge Heffelfinger (http://ht**://www.foxnews.c**/lifestyle/meet-american-first-paid-professional-football-player-pudge-heffelfinger)