While the school no longer sponsors football, in its early days Morgan Park Academy produced several notable football teams. Amos Alonzo Stagg, the coach at the University of Chicago, coached the school's football team for a time. On November 23, 1901, the school became the first Illinois school to travel outside the border states to play a football game, playing University High School of Cleveland to a 0–0 tie.A Century of Intersectional and Interstate Football Contests 1900–1999, Robert Pruter, @Illinois H.S.toric Three alumni are members of the College Football Hall of Fame (two as coaches, one as a player).
