The CFL at Memorial Stadium

Memorial Stadium was also the home of the CFL team Baltimore Stallions who played two seasons (94, 95) at the Stadium. The Baltimore Stallions were formerly known as the Baltimore CFL Colts. The football fans welcome the Stallions with an average attendance of 30,000 plus. The Stallions were the first American team in the CFL to win the Grey Cup. With the NFL coming back to Baltimore, the Stallions owner Jim Speros decided to move the team north to Montreal.

The first baseball game was played on April 15, 1954, when the Baltimore Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox. This game was the second game of the new season. The city threw a parade that went 56 blocks. The mayor at that time Thomas D' Alesandro Jr. made opening day a half-day holiday. The Vice President Richard Nixon threw out the first pitch. The cost of the stadium was $6,500,000. The cost of a bleacher seat was 75 cents and 50 cents for kids 12 and under, the box seats were $3.
My first baseball game came when I was in middle school and my school sold Orioles Dugout tickets. You could get 10 individual tickets to 10 Orioles games for $10. My friends and I brought tickets every year while in middle school. We would go to the games and sit in what looked like golden colored bleacher seats to me. We could stomp on the bleachers, bang on the back of the seats and yell "EDDIE, EDDIE, EDDIE" at the top of our lungs. We witness the "Iron Man" Cal Ripken play along side on some other great players like Dempsey, Singleton, and one of the Greatest Managers in baseball's history Earl Weaver. The most memoriable time I had was when my dad surprised me with tickets to a game for my birthday. That was the first time I got to go to a baseball game with my dad, and the best part about it was that it was a school night in early September.My dad and I stayed the whole game, which in my mind lasted all night.  I enjoyed being at the staduim so much that when I was old enough I applied for a job there working the concession stands, but transfer to a different department because I couldn't actually see the games. I worked three seasons at the staduim and got zero autographs.

Part of History the NFL Forgot

The Baltimore Colts is a part of the history of Memorial Stadium and the National Football League that is still sore topic to this day in the eyes of Baltimoreians. The Baltimore Colts played at Memorial Stadium from  1950,1953-1983 according to a website created by Frank Fleming.
http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/balticolts/baltcolts.html


 I never got the chance to witness a professional football game at the stadium, nevertheless the  Baltimore Colts have a following that still endures twenty six years after the Mayflower trucks pulled out. Johnny Unitas was the Colts Hall of Fame quaterback from 1956-1972, during that time he won MVP twice was very out spoken about the move from Baltimore. Johnny Unitas refuse to be included in anything involving the new city the Colts moved to. The "Golden Arm" Johnny Unitas was the fans favorite and a true football Legend here in Baltimore and around the League.

visit http://www.johnnyunitas.com/unitaspage1.htm for more stats and information about Johnny Unitas.

Memorial Stadium host High School Football Games

City v. Poly or Gilman v. Cardinal Gibbons