James R. Hallford Stadium

James R. Hallford Stadium
Location 3789 Memorial College Ave.
Clarkston, Georgia
Coordinates 33°47′45″N 84°14′01″W / 33.79575°N 84.233691°W / 33.79575; -84.233691Coordinates: 33°47′45″N 84°14′01″W / 33.79575°N 84.233691°W / 33.79575; -84.233691
Owner DeKalb County Public Schools[1]
Capacity 15,000[1]
Opened 1968
Tenants
Georgia Generals (ASL) (1982)
Atlanta Silverbacks (USL-1) (2003-2005)
ML King High School and Stephenson High School (-present)[2]

James R. Hallford Stadium is a football stadium in Clarkston, Georgia. It was the home stadium of Georgia Generals of the American Soccer League and Atlanta Silverbacks of the A-League until they moved to the RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium in 2004. The stadium holds 15,000 spectators and is currently used by two DeKalb County high schools. The stadium is also used by all DeKalb County high school football teams for all home state football playoff games as this is the largest stadium and the only stadium with bleachers on both sides of the field in the DeKalb County School District. The GHSA held football championship games here in 1970, 1972, 1973, 1993, and 1995

GHSA Football Championship Game Results at James R. Hallford Stadium

December 12, 1970 (Class AAA) Lakeside (DeKalb) 7, Richmond Academmy 6[3]

December 10, 1971 (Class AA) Westminster 13, North Fulton 0[4]

December 8, 1973 (Class AAA) Thomasville 40, Wheeler 35[5]

December 18, 1993 (Class AAAA) Dunwoody 21, South Gwinnett 7[6]

December 16, 1995 (Class AAAA) Southwest DeKalb 14, Parkview 7[7]


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References

  1. 1 2 3 DeKalb County Schools (2011). "Stadiums :: Athletics :: DeKalb County Schools". DeKalb County Schools. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  2. ↑ Hooper, Ed (2011-11-09). "Vikings prep for Jaguars". The Valdosta Daily Times. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  3. ↑ http://ghsfha.org/statechamps.php?aChampID=107
  4. ↑ http://ghsfha.org/statechamps.php?aChampID=113
  5. ↑ http://ghsfha.org/statechamps.php?aChampID=121
  6. ↑ http://ghsfha.org/statechamps.php?aChampID=203
  7. ↑ http://ghsfha.org/statechamps.php?aChampID=211

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