What Year was the First Football Team Founded?

The boys featured in this photo were members of the first football team at Ela High School. The team included:

First row, from left: Dick Tonne, Mike Rizzo, Charles Lasch, Wayne Sandman, Ira Christensen and Jerry Centoni.

Second row, from left: Tex Osborn, Jerry Wendt, Leo Rogers, Jack Seamann, Tom Regan, Eddie Prouty, Harold Dahm, August Meyer and Bob Harkness.

Third row, from left: Sam Martorano, Bob Poeschel, Leroy Kalkbrenner, John Connelly, Norbert Knigge, Don Wright, George Schwarz and Louis Geary.

Here's this week's question: What year was the first football team founded?