Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license.
Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat.
We can research this topic together.
A Ben Millers team, managed by E. Brinkman, competed in the St. Louis Association Foot Ball League during the 1904–05 season. In 1913, Ben Millers entered the Athletic Park League in St. Louis, Missouri. The Athletic Park League had been created that season after disagreements about permissible levels of professionalism had split the St. Louis Soccer League . St. Leo's, the city’s only fully professional team joined with several other St. Louis teams, including Ben Millers, to form the Federal Park League. This league existed only two seasons as the differences dividing the previous SLSL teams were reconciled leading to the re-establishment of the SLSL in 1915. Ben Millers joined the reconstituted SLSL, immediately asserting its dominance by winning three consecutive league titles. While the National Challenge Cup was established by the United States Football Association in 1914, the St. Louis teams did not enter it until 1918. In 1920, Ben Millers became the first team outside of the northeast to win the trophy. While they never repeated as champions, they made the final in 1926. The team continued strong into the late 1920s but began to fade with the new decade. Frankie Vaughan took over as manager for the 1935–36 season.
Team ownership
Peter Ratican owned Ben Millers in the early 1920s. Following his death in 1923, his widow owned the team for a time.
Record
Year
Record
League
National Cup
1913–1914
7–4–2
2nd
Did not enter
1914–1915
8–3–2
2nd
Did not enter
1915–1916
12–5–3
Champion
Did not enter
1916–1917
10–8–2
Champion
Did not enter
1917–1918
9–5–3
Champion
1918–1919
5–9–7
4th
1919–1920
8–6–7
Champion
Champion
1920–1921
8–3–6
2nd
1921–1922
8–7–6
2nd
Fourth Round
1922–1923
4–8–5
4th
1923–1924
2–8–4
4th
First Round
1924–1925
11–4–3
Champion
Did not enter
1925–1926
8–3–3
Champion
Final
1926–1927
8–3–1
Champion
Quarterfinal
1927–1928
5–7–2
3rd
Semifinal
1928–1929
5–7–5
3rd
First Round
1929–1930
3–4–7
3rd
First Round
1930–1931
6–7–4
4th
Semifinal
1931–1932
7–7–2
2nd
First Round
1932–1933
5–8–2
3rd
First Round
1933–1934
6–6–1
2nd
Second Round
1934–1935
0–10–4
4th
First Round
1935–1936
2–6–0
4th
First Round
References
Wangerin, David (2008). Soccer in a Football World: The Story of America's Forgotten Game (Paperback). Temple University Press. ISBN978-1-5921-3885-2. ().
Soccer in the United States