Memorial Stadium

Memorial Stadium

[@robertadams5107]

It will never be the same again my father was one of the original 15,000 season ticket holders in 1953 I've seen many a games at that ballpark me and my father would spend summer over there my father passed in 1992 and whenever I see something about Memorial Stadium or the Baltimore Colts I think of him I still only live about 2 mi away

[@t4texastom587]

I am a Tom Landry-era Dallas Cowboys fan. I never was lucky enough to travel to Baltimore to attend a game, but I absolutely loved to watch an NFL game played in beautiful Memorial Stadium. It's a real shame that the Colts left Baltimore. I know that I didn't like it when the Cowboys left the Cotton Bowl for a newer stadium, but at least they stayed in Dallas....... and of course, the legendary Cotton Bowl still stands. My memories of watching the great Johnny Unitas passing the ball to Raymond Berry and Jimmy Orr will live forever.🏈 God bless our pro football heroes from a by-gone era.

[@fromthefarside]

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[@danielharford1864]

Great video. All NFL fans should see this.

[@msspi764]

I was at the first game of the 1983 World Series there. I was working at Fort McHenry at the time. We got a call the day of the game asking us to bring one of the big flags up there for the opening ceremony. The superintendent agreed but said she needed four rangers to guard and protect that flag. And so it was that I was standing, in my uniform, in the middle of center field in the first game of the World Series holding a corner of a big Fort McHenry flag as they played the Star Spangled Banner. That was a moment.

[@sammyvh11]

I used to call Memorial Stadium my girlfriend. She never let me down. RIP to all.

[@kennethgoldberg83]

In May of 1993 a buddy and I attended a minor league baseball game at Memorial Stadium. In the fourth a rainstorm paid us a visit. The public address announcer made a request for volunteers to help with the tarp. I was down on the field at nearly my "come and get it speed". I had attended some Colt games and numerous Oriole games. I had never actually been on the playing surface. Here I was in Brooks Robinson's office, John Unitas's office, Gale Sayers's office, Mickey Mantle's office. To top it off the announcer asked the those in the stands to applaud and cheers for us volunteers. About as cool as it gets.

[@warrenkemmer1307]

What a cool story

[@rockvilleraven]

The Bowie Baysox called Memorial Stadium in 1993, they drew an average of 7000 fans a game which is not bad considering they had to compete against the Orioles at Camden Yards. Next season they had to play at various ballparks until Prince George’s Stadium was ready for occupancy in mid season of 1994

[@williamweeks6633]

"Time Will Not Dim The Glory Of Their Deeds"

[@willoneil1456]

I loved that old stadium 1967

[@paulgerczak4332]

It's a tragedy that the NFL would let the Colts leave Baltimore. And act like they didn't want to give us a team we should have had an expansion team no way in hell Jacksonville or Carolina deserved a football team over us. But I'm glad things turned out the way they did I love my Ravens

[@thetotallyawesomedaysofste2818]

I miss the old girl so much. I don't miss it like I miss a let's say car. No. Instead I miss her with the same sentimental fervor that I miss a lost loved one. That's how important that stadium was in my life. I came of age with it during the 70s, I struggled with the idea of becoming an actual adult in my 30s as the team struggled through much of the 80s....and Memorial was a constant for both. When it was demolished, I was truly heart broken. At least while her dilapidated frame still stood, unused, you could still stand outfront on a quiet night and swear you could hear the ghosts of a etter time...the roar from 34, maybe you'd pick up a faint "Thank yoooooou" or a packed house following the field jester, or Rick Dempsey as we knew him,, in yet another ORIOLES spelling. Once the shell was demolished, sadly the ghosts went with it, leaving only a memory that is losing information as I start to grow older. These ghosts won't be joining you at Camden either...because for the ghost of Wild Bill Hagy, double digit beer prices and micro brew? This isn't a Baltimore he remembers....in fact it's not baltimore in the slightest. That why I loved memorial stadium and the teams that played in them....because they represented us, my baseball team was working class and it's players believed in the team and we believed in them.

[@keithburkett2234]

Just yesterday I had a radon removal system installed.The lone contractor asked if I was a Ravens fan .I said I like them but I will always be a Baltimore Colt fan .It’s in my DNA.

[@rockvilleraven]

I learned that you could park 5 blocks west on the streets for free and not blocked it worked for the Os and the CFL Stallions, the Baysox had free parking on the stadium grounds, when the Ravens came they really cracked down on residential parking.

[@SRambo-hx8sl]

What a place and what a city. I will always remember meeting many of the guys that played for the Colts.

[@barroningram7286]

being 67 I can remember Lenny Moore and Tom Matte Johnny U even bubba Smith Raymond Berry Mike Curtis John Mackey I still follow the horse shoe to this day

[@fromthefarside]

Are you in the Corralin the Colts facebook group?

[@stevencochran4959]

Bert Jones

[@Russ_Hoops]

Never went to a football game at Memorial Stadium but I had some GREAT times there at Orioles games.

[@kennethgoldberg83]

I went to several as a kid. My first game was November 1, 1964 against the San Francisco 49ers. The roar in that place was a sound I had never heard before nor since.

[@robbeck67]

Thanks for sharing the video. Great memories!

[@michaelhession2105]

The reason why M&T Bank Stadium is one of the most daunting atmospheres in the NFL is mostly because of the fans traditions that began at Memorial Stadium carried over once the Colts left. The "O" chant, spelling out the letters, plus the reputation of being one of the louder places in the league. M&T may be a much nicer place than "The Old Gray Lady" but everything that you see in Baltimore today, began in that place.

[@rollotomassi6374]

The world’s largest insane asylum…..as we knew it in Baltimore growing up…….a lot of great memories there because the Orioles used it too. On thanksgiving we always had the City/ Poly football game that drew thousands…..fireworks on the 4th of July…..and the great Hit and Run Club restaurant inside the stadium, almost hidden from the public…..good memories from a great stadium.

[@bonanzatime]

I hate the big screen TVs in all the 'modern' stadiums (and all the other redundant bells and whistles 'distractions). That ain't the way to 'experience' a game live.

[@jimanderson7648]

they will always be the Baltimore Colts

[@michaelnoviello6302]

How can you not at least show the outside of Memorial Stadium>>???????...For a piece like this????...Not a good way to talk about a stadium, without at least showing it!!!!....The outside was classic!

[@vrrnonorem4266]

I grew up 100 yards from tge gate