the disston saw works, founded by henry disston in 1840, was a company which had facilities in philadelphia's kensington neighborhood and later moved to the neighborhood of tacony. at some point, it created an athletic association, known as the disston athletic association, for company employees. the disston a.a. included a soccer team, known as the disston a.a.f.c. depending on the source, the team was also known as philadelphia tacony, tacony f.c., tacony disston, and philadelphia disston. these all refer to the same team.