There Was Once An A's Museum In Hatboro: Phun Philly Phacts

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HATBORO, PA —There once were two baseball teams in Philadelphia.

One is the Philadelphia Phillies, the best team in baseball that was founded in 1883. The other team was called the Philadelphia A's.

Both teams will go back into their city's baseball history when the Fightin' Phils play the now Oakland A's in a three-game series starting on Friday.

The Philadelphia Athletes played in the city from 1901 to 1954. The team then moved to Kansas City until 1967 before relocating to Oakland. The A's will be playing in Las Vegas next year.

The A's were managed by Connie Mack, who led the team until he was 80 years old.

All of the history of the Philadelphia Athletics was once housed in a museum on York Road in Hatboro.

The Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society was established in 1996 to preserve the heritage of the Athletics.

Hatboro was chosen by the historical society to showcase memorabilia of the old baseball team.

In 2004, the Society Museum received the Connie Mack Wall of Fame plaques that had been installed on the concourse of Veterans Stadium. They are now proudly installed along a wall of the museum.

The museum, though, closed in 2013 due to financial difficulties and sold off the memorabilia.