Before Instagram, before Pop Warner, and before Gatorade came in 20 flavors — there was the City Point Wildcats.

Founded in the 1930s and thriving into the early ’50s, up until the Korean War, the Wildcats were part of an organized neighborhood park football league. Besides the City Point Wildcats, the Southie teams included the Hawks, the Mohawks, the Strandways, the Willows, the Barnboys, the Columbians, and the team to beat, the Mercers. There were also teams from Dorchester and Roxbury that played against the Southie teams.

In this photo: Front row — Herbie Quill, Dickie Long, Freddie Kussman, Jake McKinnon, Larry Eyre, Smiley Moran. Back row — Charlie Rull, Eddie Fitzgerald, Buddy McGonagle.

And yes, Harry Uhlman — the local legend the Bandstand at Marine Park is named after — was

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