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Veterans Stadium : field of memories / Rich Westcott ; foreword by Darren Daulton.
Van Pelt Library GV416.P477 W47 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Westcott, Rich.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia, Pa.)--History.
- Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team)--History.
- Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team).
- Philadelphia Eagles (Football team)--History.
- Philadelphia Eagles (Football team).
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- Veterans Stadium was the outdoor sports and concert capital of Philadelphia from 1971 until its televised demolition in 2004. At its best, "The Vet" spawned two of the greatest moments in the city's sports history?Tug McGraw's 1980 strikeout of Willie Wilson to win the World Series and the Eagles thrashing of the Dallas Cowboys to clinch their first Super Bowl bid. At its worst, it saw fans pelt Santa Claus with snowballs and the opening of an in-stadium branch of Philadelphia municipal court to deal with rowdy Eagles fans. Part of a look-alike generation of all-purpose stadiums erected around the country, the Vet took on its own personality over the years. For all its deficiencies, it left fans loving it in the way they loved their own families?warts and all. Almost 100 photographs and Rich Westcott's yarns make Veterans Stadium the one book that will help Philadelphians?and Philadelphia visitors?remember thirty years of their history.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1592134289
- OCLC:
- 59818089
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