Great stuff!!! What’s interesting is how many pro teams were playing in baseball stadiums. I notice Washington was playing at Griffith stadium. I guess they got their stadium when DC (now RFK) was built and of course the Nats didn’t want to play there which I think was a factor in their move to Minnesota. Also the 1963 NFL championship was played in Wrigley. Was that the last NFL championship played in a baseball stadium? I’ve read that Rozelle wanted the game moved to Soldier Field but Halas wouldn’t go along. It was a different world. Keep up the great work!!!
It amazing how they fit football fields into some of those stadiums, but I saw NFL games at County Stadium in Milwaukee and the old Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
The last NFL championship game played in a made-for-baseball stadium was in 1964 at Cleveland Municipal. Several were played after that at the LA Coliseum, which hosted baseball and the World Series in the late 1950s-early 1960s.
Great stuff!!! What’s interesting is how many pro teams were playing in baseball stadiums. I notice Washington was playing at Griffith stadium. I guess they got their stadium when DC (now RFK) was built and of course the Nats didn’t want to play there which I think was a factor in their move to Minnesota. Also the 1963 NFL championship was played in Wrigley. Was that the last NFL championship played in a baseball stadium? I’ve read that Rozelle wanted the game moved to Soldier Field but Halas wouldn’t go along. It was a different world. Keep up the great work!!!
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It amazing how they fit football fields into some of those stadiums, but I saw NFL games at County Stadium in Milwaukee and the old Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
The last NFL championship game played in a made-for-baseball stadium was in 1964 at Cleveland Municipal. Several were played after that at the LA Coliseum, which hosted baseball and the World Series in the late 1950s-early 1960s.
Thanks!!! I thought this Wikipedia article was interesting on the first football use of Municipal Stadium: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Indians_(NFL,_1931)
This is a great find!