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Originally Posted by prewinter
Can anyone provide the source for the identification of Jeremiah Reardon with the 1885 Olympics of Erie? Jeremiah was only seventeen in 1885 and barely established as an amateur in St. Louis. I'm not sure he would have been playing professionally in Erie in 1885.
I trying to determine if the player on Erie was Jimmy Reardon (reardo002jam), from Hamilton, Canada.
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You are 100% correct, the Erie team photograph pictures Jim Reardon (specifically mentioned in the 6/16/1885 edition of The Hamilton Spectator). Photographic comparisons can be made additionally since Reardon was also on the 1885 Syracuse team that year. It appears Jeremian "Jerry" Reardon is now a missing player. He was notorious for running into the law and was in office in St. Louis for the Democrat party for several years. We may be able to find a picture that way.