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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hef

It seems the FNNFFL has some celebrties amongst it. I just heard this news shortly after my Grandmother Grimm past away this summer. . Brian and I are related to one of the first on record professional football players.

Who knows maybe Heffelfinger was the first fantasy sleeper....but with that salary I am sure he had high expectations and could have been the first bust....who knows. His nickname was Pudgy so maybe he may not of had much fantasy relevance.

This could very well end the Whitecaps franchise name to one in honor of "Pudgy".

Here is a list for you to check your kinfolk:

Listed below are the first seven players known to have been openly paid to play football:

William "Pudge" Heffelfinger – Allegheny Athletic Association, Pittsburgh, – $500 for one game on November 12, 1892.

Ben "Sport" Donnelly – Allegheny Athletic Assocation, Pittsburgh – $250 for one game on November 19, 1892.

Peter Wright – Allegheny Athletic Association, Pittsburgh – $50 per game (under contract) for the entire 1893 season.

James Van Cleve – Allegheny Athletic Association, Pittsburgh – $50 per game (under contract) for the entire 1893 season.

Oliver W. Rafferty – Allegheny Athletic Association, Pittsburgh – $50 per game (under contract) for the entire 1893 season.

Lawson Fiscus – Greenburg, PA – $20 per game (under contract) for the entire 1894 season.

John Brallier – Latrobe, PA, – $10 and expenses for one game on September 3, 1895.