Athletic Park (Duluth)

Athletic Park
Tenants
Full name	Athletic Park
Location	Duluth, Minnesota
Owner	Duluth, Minnesota
Operator	Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos
Capacity	6,000 (American football)
Surface	Grass
Closed	1940
Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos and Duluth Dukes

Athletic Park is a former American football and baseball stadium located in Duluth, Minnesota. The stadium was home to the Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos of the National Football League from 1923–1926 and Duluth Dukes of the Northern League. It had a capacity of 6,000 spectators.^[1] It was eventually replaced by Wade Stadium.

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v · d · eDuluth Kelleys-Eskimos

Defunct National Football League club 1923-1927 • Based in Duluth, Minnesota, 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

Pro football Hall of Famers	Walt Kiesling • John McNally • Ernie Nevers

Rivalries	Minneapolis Marines • Racine Legion • Milwaukee Badgers

Head coaches	Joey Sternaman • Dewey Scanlon • Ernie Nevers

Owners	Ole Haugsrud

League affiliations	National Football League (1923-1927)

v · d · eDefunct stadiums of the National Football League

Early Era: 1920 - 1940	Akron's League Park American League Park Armory Park Baker Bowl Bellevue Park Athletic Park Bison Stadium Bosse Field Braves Field Buffalo Baseball Park Canisius College Canton's League Field City Stadium Cleveland Municipal Stadium Comiskey Park Commercial Field Cub's Park Cyclodome Dinan Field Douglas Park Duluth's Athletic Park Dunn Field Hagemeister Park East Hartford Velodrome Ebbets Field Eclipse Park Fenway Park Forbes Field Frankford Stadium Griffith Stadium Horlick Field Kinsley Park Knights of Columbus Stadium Lexington Park Luna Park Minersville Park Muehlebach Field Nash Field Navin Field Nickerson Field Nicollet Park Newark Schools Stadium Newark Velodrome 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 Cotton Bowl Ebbets Field Fenway Park Forbes Field Franklin Field Frank Youell Field Griffith Stadium Harvard Stadium Jeppesen Stadium Kansas City Municipal Stadium Kezar Stadium Manning Bowl Metropolitan Stadium Orange Bowl Nickerson Field Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Pitt Stadium Polo Grounds Rice Stadium Shibe Park Tiger Stadium Tulane Stadium Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Wrigley Field Wisconsin State Fair Park Yankee Stadium (1923)

Current Era: 1971 - Present	Anaheim Stadium Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Buffalo War Memorial Stadium Busch Memorial Stadium Clemson Memorial Stadium Cleveland Stadium Foxboro Stadium Giants Stadium Husky Stadium Kansas City Municipal Stadium Kingdome Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Tulane Stadium Metropolitan Stadium Mile High Stadium Orange Bowl Reliant Astrodome RCA Dome Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Riverfront Stadium Shea Stadium Silverdome Sun Devil Stadium Tampa Stadium Texas Stadium Three Rivers Stadium Tiger Stadium Vanderbilt Stadium Veterans Stadium

Temporary stadiums	Alamodome (New Orleans Saints) Champaign Memorial Stadium (Chicago Bears) Frankford High School's Community Memorial Stadium (Frankford Yellow Jackets) Giants Stadium (New Orleans Saints) Marquette Stadium (Green Bay Packers) Milwaukee County Stadium (Green Bay Packers) Philadelphia Municipal Stadium (Frankford Yellow Jackets) Shibe Park (Frankford Yellow Jackets) TCF Bank Stadium (Minnesota Vikings) LSU Tiger Stadium (New Orleans Saints) University of Minnesota Memorial Stadium (Minnesota Vikings) Yale Bowl (New York Giants)

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Athletic Park (Duluth)

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