Athletic Park (Duluth)

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.

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)

References

http://members.cox.net/bngolden1/footballprofiles4.htm%5B%5D

Duluth Kelleys-Eskimos
Defunct National Football League club 1923–27 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 Armory Park Baker Bowl Bellevue Park Bison Stadium Borchert Field Bosse Field Braves Field Buffalo Baseball Park Canisius College Canton's League Field Chicago Stadium City Stadium Clarkin Field Cleveland Municipal Stadium Comiskey Park Commercial Field Crosley Field Cub's Park Cycledrome Dinan Field Douglas Park Duluth's Athletic Park Dunn Field East Hartford Velodrome Ebbets Field Eclipse Park Fenway Park Forbes Field Frankford Stadium Griffith Stadium Hagemeister Park Horlick Field Kinsley Park Knights of Columbus Stadium Lexington Park Luna Park Minersville Park Muehlebach Field Nash Field Navin Field Newark Schools Stadium Newark Velodrome Nickerson Field Nicollet Park 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 Frank Youell Field Franklin Field Griffith Stadium Harvard Stadium Jeppesen Stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Kansas City Municipal Stadium Kezar Stadium Metropolitan Stadium Miami Orange Bowl Milwaukee County Stadium Nickerson Field Nippert Stadium Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Pitt Stadium Polo Grounds Rice Stadium RingCentral Coliseum Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium SDCCU Stadium Shibe Park Tiger Stadium Tulane Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park Wrigley Field Yankee Stadium (1923)
Current era: 1971–present	Angel Stadium Astrodome Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Busch Memorial Stadium Candlestick Park Cleveland Stadium Cotton Bowl The Dome at America's Center Foxboro Stadium Georgia Dome Giants Stadium Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Kansas City Municipal Stadium Kingdome Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Metropolitan Stadium Miami Orange Bowl Mile High Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium RCA Dome Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium RingCentral Coliseum Riverfront Stadium SDCCU Stadium Shea Stadium Silverdome Sun Devil Stadium Tampa Stadium Texas Stadium Three Rivers Stadium Tiger Stadium Tulane Stadium Veterans Stadium War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo) Yankee Stadium (1923)
Stadiums used by NFL teams temporarily	Alamodome (New Orleans Saints)1 Champaign Memorial Stadium (Chicago Bears)† Clemson Memorial Stadium (Carolina Panthers)† Dignity Health Sports Park (Los Angeles Chargers)† Frankford High School's Community Memorial Stadium (Frankford Yellow Jackets)1 Giants Stadium (New Orleans Saints)1 Grant Field (Atlanta Falcons) Husky Stadium (Seattle Seahawks)1† Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (Tennessee Oilers)† LSU Tiger Stadium (New Orleans Saints)1 Marquette Stadium (Green Bay Packers) Philadelphia Municipal Stadium (Philadelphia Eagles)1 Shibe Park1 Stanford Stadium (San Francisco 49ers)1 TCF Bank Stadium (Minnesota Vikings)1† University of Minnesota Memorial Stadium (Minnesota Vikings)1 Vanderbilt Stadium (Tennessee Titans)† 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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