Football Stadiums

[firstbasetn]

The Oak Ridge Wildcats play at Jack Armstrong Stadium.

 

Coach Armstrong was the coach at Oak Ridge from 1955 to 1968.

The Wildcats won the State Championship during his tenure in,

1956,1958,1961, and 1962. And were crowned the National Champions in 1958.

His overall record was: 105-28-5.

 

 

Excellent work Catback. To add to the information provided, along with Jack Armstrong Stadium, which was named for Coach Armstrong in the 90s, Blankenship Field was named in honor of Dr. Alden H Blankenship, the first superintendent of the Oak Ridge City Schools. As was the case of most of early Oak Ridge, he didn't have much time to get the school system running. He had exactly 90 days to recruit staff, secure buildings, school supplies and establish the curriculum.

[CLFan]

Rothrock Stadium in Jackson, TN. was constructed in 1930. It is the home of Jackson Central Merry H.S, I.B. Tigrett Middle School and Lane College.

 

It was named for Tom Rothrock, a prominent Jackson attorney and one in a line of volunteers to serve as football coach at Jackson High School. The football program at Jackson High was launched in 1912 with volunteer DeBone Cundiff serving as the first coach. After that inaugural season, he gave way to Mr. Rothrock who coached from 1913 until 1924 when he left to join the U.S. Navy. Roger Murray coached in 1925 and 1926 before handing the reins to a Dr. Berryhill, who had been an outstanding player at Vanderbilt.

 

The stadium became the home of one of the first high school bowl games in the region when the Jackson Exchange Club started the tradition of bringing together top teams for games on Thanksgiving Day. After several years of inter-regional games, the bowl became the home of the Big Ten Conference championship matchup and many epic battles were played on those Thanksgiving afternoons, often between Jackson High School and Haywood County (Brownsville) when both programs were in the upper echelon of Tennessee high school football.

 

That inaugural Exchange Bowl game in 1946 ranks as one of the best in the long-running series of bowl games that died when the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association (TSSAA) instituted its playoff system.

 

By the mid to late 1950's, more and more teams called Rothrock their turf. At one time, the stadium was home field to eight football playing schools. Despite the heavy use, the playing surface was well maintained. So many teams used the facility, that games were often played on weekday afternoons as well as Thursday and Friday evenings and sometimes Saturday afternoons as well.

The teams that used Rothrock in its heyday included Jackson Junior High, I.B. Tigrett Junior High, Jackson High, Merry High, Jackson North Side and Jackson South Side High Schools, Union University and Lane College.

 

Perhaps the most famous name to ever stalk the sidelines at Rothrock was the legendary Paul "Bear" Bryant. Coach Bryant came to Union and guided the Bulldogs through spring drills in 1936. However, before fall play began, he went on to Alabama as an assistant coach.

[rochelle]

The Coalfield Yellow Jackets play on Rochelle field. Named for a teacher/principal in the early days.

[CYJacket]

Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium, Middle Tennessee State University.

 

 

 

 

 

"Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium is a stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders.It is also home to the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association State High School Football Championships. It opened in 1933 and holds 31,000 people."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_%22Red%22_Floyd_Stadium

 

 

 

I know Rochelle, this is the ulitimate high school stadium.

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.goblueraiders.com/content.cfm/id/163

Edited December 5, 2006 by CYJacket

[catback]

Excellent work Catback. To add to the information provided, along with Jack Armstrong Stadium, which was named for Coach Armstrong in the 90s, Blankenship Field was named in honor of Dr. Alden H Blankenship, the first superintendent of the Oak Ridge City Schools. As was the case of most of early Oak Ridge, he didn't have much time to get the school system running. He had exactly 90 days to recruit staff, secure buildings, school supplies and establish the curriculum.

Thanks for info!! I knew the field was named for the first superintendent, but, I didn't know tha facts behind it. It will always be known to me as "Blankenship Field".

[CHS 2007]

Howard Gamble Stadium-Franklin, TN. Named after longtime Rebels coach Howard "Grandaddy" Gamble.

[STARSNBARS]

Maryville's Shields stadium is named after former mayor and longtime P.A. announcer at MHS, Stanley B. "Skeeter" Shields. We just all call it the "Skeeter."

[BustinOut]

Greeneville's Burley Stadium is named after the Burley Tobacco business in greeneville

[bigred4life]

Baylor School's football stadium is "Humpy Heywood Stadium" named after legendary football coach Humphrey "Humpy" Heywood. He coached and taught at Baylor from 1940 until he retired in 1960. He had 8 undefeated seasons and his record was 161-20-8. It would be a great book if someone would write about the history of Tennessee high school football, all of the old time coaches, players, etc.

[WarriorFan]

I know I am going to get messed with, but BA's place is Carlton Flatt Field