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  stadium_name     = Frankford Stadium| 
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  location         = Frankford Ave. & Deveraux St.<br/>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|
  broke_ground     = |
  opened           = 1923|
  closed           = 1931|
  demolished       = |
  owner            = Frankford Athletic Association|
  operator         = |
  surface          = |
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  former_names     = |
  tenants          = [[Frankford Yellow Jackets]]|
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}}
'''Frankford Stadium''' was a football field in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] that was the home of the [[Frankford Yellow Jackets]] football team of the [[National Football League]], which predated the [[Philadelphia Eagles]]. The stadium was also known as '''Yellow Jacket Field'''.

The stadium, located at Frankford Avenue and Devereaux Street, was the Yellow Jackets' home from 1923 through 1930.  On July 27, 1931, a fire caused major damage to the structure,<ref>{{Cite news
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  | date =July 28, 1931
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  | accessdate =2007-09-07 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080203041739/http://eaglefans.com/eagles/stadiums/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-02-03}}</ref>  The site was purchased in 1933 by the Franklin Legion Athletic Association, who subsequently demolished the structure to build the Franklin Legion Athletic Field. When the Frankford Legion AA reorganized as the Northeast Philadelphia AA later that year, the stadium's name was changed to Yellow Trojan Field.<ref>{{cite web
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  | accessdate =2007-09-07}}</ref> {{As of|2007}}, an automotive dealership and some rowhomes occupy the former site.

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[[Category:Frankford Yellow Jackets]]
[[Category:Defunct sports venues in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Defunct National Football League venues]]
[[Category:Demolished sports venues in the United States]]


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