This has gained very prominent use, and in some circles is used more frequently than the full " Athletics " name.

The Athletics ' name originated in the term " Athletic Club " for local gentlemen's clubs — dates to 1860 when an amateur team, the Athletic ( Club ) of Philadelphia, was formed.

Until 1954, when the uniforms had " Athletics " spelled out in script across the front, the team's name never appeared on either home or road uniforms.

The nickname " A's " has long been used interchangeably with " Athletics ," dating to the team's early days when headline writers wanted a way to shorten the name.

From 1972 through 1980, the team nickname was officially " Oakland A's ," although, during that time, the Commissioner's Trophy, given out annually to the winner of baseball's World Series, still listed the team's name as the " Oakland Athletics " on the gold-plated pennant representing the Oakland franchise.

According to Bill Libby's Book, Charlie O and the Angry A's, owner Charlie O. Finley banned the word " Athletics " from the club's name because he felt that name was too closely associated with former Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack, and he wanted the name " Oakland A's " to become just as closely associated with him.

" New owner Walter Haas restored the official name to " Athletics " in 1981, but retained the nickname " A's " for marketing purposes.

The City Series was the name of a series of baseball games played between the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League and the Phillies that ran from 1903 through 1955.

An international governing body, the International Amateur Athletics Federation ( IAAF ), was founded in 1912 ; it adopted its current name, the International Association of Athletics Federations, in 2001.

It was initially known as the International Amateur Athletics Federation but changed later its name to reflect that the sport had moved away from amateurism towards professionalism in the late 1970s.

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The Philadelphia Athletics is a former name for the Oakland Athletics franchise in Major League Baseball.

The IAAF soon followed suit in 1982, abandoning amateurism, and later removing all references to it from its name by rebranding itself as the International Association of Athletics Federations.

Finley also started phasing out the team name " Athletics " in favor of " A's.

In 1978, the CIAU changed its name to the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union.

UNCW joined the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ) for one season, recording a then-program best mark of 22-6 in its lone year of competition in the NAIA before joining the NCAA Division I ranks as a member of the ECAC-South Conference in 1984 ( the league changed its name to the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985 ).

On December 14, in a blockbuster trade, the Diamondbacks acquired starting RHP Dan Haren from the Oakland Athletics for six players: LHP Brett Anderson, LHP Dana Eveland and LHP Greg Smith ; the above-mentioned just-acquired infielder Chris Carter ; and outfielders Aaron Cunningham and Carlos Gonzalez.

One of the most famous involved star second baseman Napoleon Lajoie, who in 1901 went across town in Philadelphia from the National League Phillies to the American League Athletics.

Reed Johnson and Jim Edmonds were added early on and Rich Harden was acquired from the Oakland Athletics in early July.

Athletics teams from Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, and Scripps College compete as one team.

The franchise was established following the actions of Stuart Symington, then-United States Senator from Missouri, who demanded a new franchise for the city after the Athletics ( Kansas City's previous major league team from 1955 to 1967 ) moved to Oakland, California.

The Royals returned to the post-season in 1981, losing to the Oakland Athletics in a unique divisional series resulting from the split-season caused by the 1981 Major League Baseball strike.

The Athletics baseball franchise played in the city of fountains from 1955 to 1967, after moving from Philadelphia and before moving to Oakland.

A later version of the Athletics played in the American Association from 1882 – 1891.

The history of the Athletics Major League Baseball franchise spans the period from 1901 to the present day, having begun in Philadelphia before moving to Kansas City in 1955 and then to its current home in Oakland, California in 1968.

In April 1932, the executive council of the International Amateur Athletics Federation ( IAAF ) suspended Nurmi from international athletics events, pending an investigation into his amateur status by the Finnish Athletics Federation.

The rivalry with the Oakland Athletics dates back to when the Giants were in New York and the A's were in Philadelphia and was renewed in 1968, when the Athletics moved from Kansas City.

They and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are the only MLB California teams to originate in California ; the Dodgers and Giants are originally from New York, and the Athletics are originally from Philadelphia.

Weightlifting resumed as an event, again in Athletics, in 1904 but was omitted from the Games of 1908 and 1912.

One of the most famous involved star second baseman Napoleon Lajoie, who in 1901 went across town in Philadelphia from the National League Phillies to the American League Athletics.

Organised athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC, and most modern events are conducted by the member clubs of the International Association of Athletics Federations.

Athletics became codified and standardised via the English AAA and other general sports organisations in the late 19th century, such as the Amateur Athletic Union ( founded in the US in 1888 ) and the Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques ( founded in France in 1889 ).

Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane began applying sabermetric principles to running his low-budget team in the late 1990s, to notable effect, as chronicled in Michael Lewis ' book Moneyball.

After the 1971 season, McLain was traded to the Oakland Athletics for journeyman pitcher Jim Panther and prospect Don Stanhouse ( who would go on to have a few good years as the Baltimore Orioles ' closer in the late 1970s ).

Red Springs had a minor league baseball team in the late 1940s, the Red Robins, who won the Tobacco State League championship in 1949, led by pitcher Bill Harrington, who would go on to pitch in the major leagues for the Philadelphia / Kansas City Athletics.

In 1985, Canseco won the Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award, and was a late season call-up for the Oakland Athletics, playing in 29 games in the major leagues in.

By the end of May 1971 his manager with the Athletics, Dick Williams, had made up his mind that Fingers would be the late inning closer.

* The Amateur Athletics Club ( AAC ) is founded and becomes the governing body of athletics in the United Kingdom, hosting the first national championships and introducing a definition of " amateur " that will determine eligibility for athletics competitions until the late 20th century.

Lopat managed the Triple-A Richmond Virginians for the Yankees in the late 1950s, and in served one season as the Yankees ' pitching coach before holding the same post with the Minnesota Twins in and the Kansas City Athletics in.

The Athletics moved from Philadelphia to Kansas City in the mid-1950s and then on to Oakland in the late 1960s.

A highly competitive player on Chicago Cubs teams that never reached the post-season, he finally played in the post-season late in his career with the Oakland Athletics.

Out of the limelight since the late 1990s, Komen now serves as chairman of the Keiyo North Rift Athletics Association, and as co-director of a private school with his wife, Joyce.

The original " Pay Heed " banner was constructed out of dormitory shower curtains by a group of KU students before a late season game against the Duke Blue Devils in 1988 and is now on display in the Booth Family Hall of Athletics museum.

The Athletics Congress ( TAC ) emerged from the AAU in late 1979, when its first annual meeting was conducted in Las Vegas, Nevada, in conjunction with the annual AAU Convention.

Pesky's Pole in the late innings of Boston's 11-6 win over the Oakland Athletics on September 26, 2009.

Athletics disappeared from Western Springs as a result and New Zealand's only all weather Athletics track was replaced by the traditional grass tracks until the late 1960s.

Developed in the early 1960s and opened for competition in late 1961, Landy Field is home to the Little Athletics movement developed by Geelong resident Trevor Billingham B. E. M ..

This deal is often cited among the worst examples of the numerous trades between the Yankees and the Athletics during the late 1950s-trades that were nearly always one-sided in favor of the Yankees.

Although Hayes was considered one of the best catchers in the American League in the late 1930s and early 1940s, he played in obscurity for an Athletics team that routinely finished in last place.