Athletic Park (Duluth)

Athletic Park
Construction
Location	Duluth, Minnesota
Owner	Duluth, Minnesota
Capacity	6,000 (American football)
Surface	Grass
Built	1903
Opened	1903
Closed	1940
Demolished	1941
Tenants
Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos (NFL) (1923-1926) Duluth White Sox (MiLB (1903-1916, 1934) Duluth Dukes (MiLB) (1935-1940)

Athletic Park is a former baseball and American football stadium located in Duluth, Minnesota. Constructed in 1903, the park was the home of the Duluth White Sox (1903-1916, 1934) and the Duluth Dukes (1935-1940). The stadium was also home to the Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos of the National Football League (1923–1926). It had a capacity of 6,000 spectators.^[1] It was demolished and replaced by Wade Stadium in 1941.

References

↑ http://members.cox.net/bngolden1/footballprofiles4.htm

Duluth Kelleys-Eskimos

Defunct National Football League club 1923-1927 Based in Duluth, Minnesota

Franchise	History Orange/Newark Tornadoes

Stadium	Athletic Park

Lore	Duluth Hardware Kellys Leatherheads 10% Owners of the Minnesota Vikings Ties to the Washington Redskins

Head coaches	Sternaman Scanlon Nevers

Owners	Ole Haugsrud

Seasons	1923 1924 1925 1926 1927

Defunct stadiums of the National Football League

Early era: 1920–1940	Akron's League Park American League Park Armory Park Baker Bowl Bellevue Park Borchert Field Bison Stadium Bosse Field Braves Field Buffalo Baseball Park Canisius College Canton's League Field Chicago Stadium City Stadium Cleveland Municipal Stadium Comiskey Park Commercial Field Cub's Park Cycledrome Dinan Field Douglas Park Duluth's Athletic Park Dunn Field Hagemeister Park East Hartford Velodrome Ebbets Field Eclipse Park Fenway Park Forbes Field Frankford Stadium Griffith Stadium Horlick Field Kinsley Park Knights of Columbus Stadium Lexington Park Luna Park Minersville Park Muehlebach Field Nash Field Navin Field Nickerson Field Nicollet Park Newark Schools Stadium Newark Velodrome Normal Park Parkway Field Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Polo Grounds Shaw Stadium Spartan Municipal Stadium Sportsman's Park Staley Field Star Park (possible) Swayne Field Thompson Stadium Tiger Stadium Triangle Park Wisconsin State Fair Park Yankee Stadium (1923)

Merger era: 1941–1970	Alumni Stadium Astrodome Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Balboa Stadium Baltimore Memorial Stadium Busch Memorial Stadium Busch Stadium Cleveland Municipal Stadium Comiskey Park Dyche Stadium Ebbets Field Fenway Park Forbes Field Franklin Field Frank Youell Field Griffith Stadium Harvard Stadium Jeppesen Stadium Kansas City Municipal Stadium Kezar Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium Metropolitan Stadium Orange Bowl Nickerson Field Nippert Stadium Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Pitt Stadium Polo Grounds Rice Stadium Shibe Park Tiger Stadium Tulane Stadium Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Wrigley Field Wisconsin State Fair Park Yankee Stadium (1923)

Current era: 1971–present	Anaheim Stadium Astrodome Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Buffalo War Memorial Stadium Busch Memorial Stadium Candlestick Park Cleveland Stadium Cotton Bowl Edward Jones Dome Foxboro Stadium Giants Stadium Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Kansas City Municipal Stadium Kingdome Tulane Stadium Metropolitan Stadium Mile High Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium Orange Bowl RCA Dome Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Riverfront Stadium Shea Stadium Silverdome Sun Devil Stadium Tampa Stadium Texas Stadium Three Rivers Stadium Tiger Stadium Veterans Stadium War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo) Yankee Stadium (1923)

Stadiums used by NFL teams temporarily	Alamodome (New Orleans Saints)1 Clemson Memorial Stadium (Carolina Panthers)† Champaign Memorial Stadium (Chicago Bears)† Frankford High School's Community Memorial Stadium (Frankford Yellow Jackets)1 Giants Stadium (New Orleans Saints)1 Grant Field (Atlanta Falcons) Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (Tennessee Oilers)† Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles Rams)† Marquette Stadium (Green Bay Packers) Philadelphia Municipal Stadium (Philadelphia Eagles)1 Shibe Park1 Husky Stadium (Seattle Seahawks)1† TCF Bank Stadium (Minnesota Vikings)1† LSU Tiger Stadium (New Orleans Saints)1 University of Minnesota Memorial Stadium (Minnesota Vikings)1 Stanford Stadium (San Francisco 49ers)1 Vanderbilt Stadium (Tennessee Oilers)† Yale Bowl (New York Giants)†

†= Team's stadium under construction or refurbishment at time 1 = A team used the stadium when their permanent stadium was unable to be used as a result of damage.

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