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Brookline-Newton North Football: A 117-Year Rivalry (VIDEO)
The two neighboring towns have battled for Football Supremacy on Thanksgiving Day for over a century.
Since 1894, and High Schools have battled for supremacy on the football field. This heated rivalry returns on Thanksgiving morning, 10 a.m. at Parsons Field in Brookline, 175 Kent Street.
Click the video to see what this rivalry looked like in 1930.
Today, the teams will meet, as they have for more than a quarter-century, when the Brookline and Newton Rotary Clubs bring together on the Tuesday before. It's on neutral ground where they will shake hands and eat together.
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