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Joseph J. Tomlin, the founder of the 59-year-old Pop Warner youth football program, led the program as it evolved from a local junior football league in Philadelphia in 1929 to an organization with about 4,100 teams and 200,000 participants across the country and in Mexico and the United Kingdom.
Jan 19, 2021 · The idea was brought about when a man named Joseph J. Tomlin was asked by a friend who owned a factory in Philadelphia what he should do to stop the young teenage boys from shattering his windows at the plant, an issue that multiple factory owners were having.
- Aron Harris
Pop Warner Little Scholars, commonly known simply as Pop Warner, is a nonprofit organization that provides activities such as American football, for over 425,000 youths aged 5 to 16 years old, in several nations. It is the largest youth football organization in the United States. [2] Its headquarters are in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
May 19, 1988 · Joseph J. Tomlin, the founder of the Pop Warner football program for youths, died Monday after a brief illness. He was 85.
It all began in 1929 when the owner of a new factory in Northeast Philadelphia enlisted the aid of a young friend, Joseph J. Tomlin, to solve a recurring problem.
Pop Warner football has been around since the inception of the league in 1929 by founder Joseph J. Tomlin as a four-team conference in Northeast Philadelphia. Since then, participation has steadily increased to today's record numbers.
Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides youth football and cheerleading programs for children aged 5 to 14 years old. The organization was founded in 1929 by Joseph J. Tomlin as a way to promote athletics and academic achievement among inner-city youth.
