Interesting pieces. I haven't seen anything similar before nor have any knowledge of this type of art and theme being popular - but one theory is that this may not be football, but rather rugby. May not be American. Could be late 19th century and made in England, France, Australia or other place where rugby was very popular and bigger than football in America at the time. Rugby was competed in the Olympics as early as 1900. Just a guess on another possibility, but the ball and cap type helmet also lead me to think rugby.
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