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Tell us about the name of your stadium (who, why, etc)
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:03 pm
Shug Jordan - Legendary AU head coach and WWII veteran. Won the 1957 NC and coached Auburn's first Heisman winner
Cliff Hare - Member of Auburn's first football team, became the Athletics Chair and President of the Southern Conference before the formation of the SEC
Field is named after Pat Dye who is rustling jimmies to this day.
Pat Dye Field at Jordan-Hare Stadium
Cliff Hare - Member of Auburn's first football team, became the Athletics Chair and President of the Southern Conference before the formation of the SEC
Field is named after Pat Dye who is rustling jimmies to this day.
Pat Dye Field at Jordan-Hare Stadium
This post was edited on 7/24/14 at 8:04 pm
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:05 pm to weagle99
Tiger Stadium-----Cause we are the Tigers
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:06 pm to weagle99
Sanford Stadium - Named for the late Dr. S. V. Sanford, former president of the University and Chancellor of the University system, Georgia's Sanford Stadium celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2004. An overflow crowd of 30,000 saw the stadium's first game on October 12, 1929, when Yale University made its only trip South. Georgia won the now famous game when a young sophomore end from Macon, Vernon "Catfish" Smith, scored all 15 of the Bulldogs' points. Final score, Georgia 15, Yale 0.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:06 pm to weagle99
Faurot Field - Because the powers that be knew we'd be in the SEC and we needed a Frenchy sounding name to fit in with the coonasses.
Seriously, Faurot was a great football coach, inventor of the Wing T offense, and a great athletic director for Mizzou.
Memorial Stadium - Named in honor of the Mizzou students that died fighting WW1.
Seriously, Faurot was a great football coach, inventor of the Wing T offense, and a great athletic director for Mizzou.
Memorial Stadium - Named in honor of the Mizzou students that died fighting WW1.
This post was edited on 7/24/14 at 8:11 pm
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:08 pm to IT_Dawg
Sanford was also the first UGA football coach. Dude did everything back then.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:08 pm to weagle99
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Cliff Hare
Didn't know that. Cool information. Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:10 pm to weagle99
Death Valley because frick your dreams
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:10 pm to weagle99
Commonwealth Stadium - Pretty simple really. As Kentucky's flagship, it was named after the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
CM Newton Field - Former UK Athletic Director. I'd be perfectly ok with it being renamed at any point in time.
CM Newton Field - Former UK Athletic Director. I'd be perfectly ok with it being renamed at any point in time.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:11 pm to weagle99
Bryant major contributor to our great institution. Bryant Hall also named for Paul' family.
Denny. We did this to lure Crum from UCLA to launch BB to powerhouse. Did not work so plan B found former Pres that fit the bill as replacement. This is absolute truth and our first choice was to name it Wooden.
Denny. We did this to lure Crum from UCLA to launch BB to powerhouse. Did not work so plan B found former Pres that fit the bill as replacement. This is absolute truth and our first choice was to name it Wooden.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:11 pm to weagle99
Davis Wade was the founder of AFLAC. He brought us the AFLAC Question of the Game and gave a shitload of money to MSU before he died.
Scott Field - Don Scott was a badass. He won a bunch of Olympic medals in 1916 then picked up a gun and killed some Germans in World War I.
Scott Field - Don Scott was a badass. He won a bunch of Olympic medals in 1916 then picked up a gun and killed some Germans in World War I.
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:12 pm to weagle99
I've heard that Tiger Stadium was only supposed to be a temporary name. But here we are 90 years later.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:16 pm to Jefferson Davis
death valley: "...where dreams comes to die." -Les Miles
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:20 pm to cforester821
I know Ben Hill Griffin was a wealthy landowner and citrus grower that was a major political force in the state of Florida for decades.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:24 pm to cforester821
All-time favorite Lesism.
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:25 pm to Jefferson Davis
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I've heard that Tiger Stadium was only supposed to be a temporary name. But here we are 90 years later.
I really am surprised it wasn't renamed Huey P. Long Memorial Stadium. This state has an odd affection for that corrupt tPOS.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:26 pm to weagle99
Brice Williams (b. 1897, Lexington, SC) was a famous racecar driver, movie star and architect during the 1920s/30s. He designed our stadium along with several other national projects including the Empire State Building and Hoover Dam.
He joined the war effort in 1942 after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, became a prominent OSS agent, and in April 1945 he infiltrated Nazi Berlin disguised as Oberführer Williams Brice and shot Hitler. The name stuck and thus was affixed to our stadium.
He joined the war effort in 1942 after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, became a prominent OSS agent, and in April 1945 he infiltrated Nazi Berlin disguised as Oberführer Williams Brice and shot Hitler. The name stuck and thus was affixed to our stadium.
This post was edited on 7/24/14 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:28 pm to cforester821
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death valley: "...where dreams comes to die." -Les Miles
I think he meant to say Jordan Hare
Death Valley energized Auburn last year
Jordan Hare killed UGA and Bama
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:30 pm to Mizzeaux
I thought the wing t was invented at the u of Delaware.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:31 pm to weagle99
Bryant-Denny
Paul Bryant...
George Denny was the first academic at Alabama to emphasize football. He saw the ability of the sport to grow the University.
Paul Bryant...
George Denny was the first academic at Alabama to emphasize football. He saw the ability of the sport to grow the University.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 8:36 pm to weagle99
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The stadium was originally built in 1934 with help of federal Works Progress Administration funds as Columbia Municipal Stadium. It originally seated 17,600 people. In 1941, the stadium was deeded to USC and renamed Carolina Stadium.
The stadium's first major renovation began in 1970, when the grass surface was replaced with AstroTurf. From 1971 to 1972, the west grandstand was completely rebuilt, with the addition of an upper deck. Capacity increased to 54,000. The renovation was funded by the estate of Martha Williams-Brice, who left most of her estate to USC for stadium renovation and expansion. Her late husband, Thomas H. Brice, played football for the Gamecocks from 1922 to 1924. In her honor, the expanded stadium was officially renamed Williams-Brice Stadium on September 8, 1972.
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