University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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McLean Stadium, ! by WESLEY BREWER P U Khsfootballhomefornear1y50years was n; razed faH semester to make way for a new $5 w million FineArts BUIIding. H Over the years, the name of the stadium confused many. The actual gfldlron was called 51 SM Field, after Judge Richard Stall who I donated the land to the university. 0w The heldh named in 1916. first served as a 31 private pasture for university President James h 5

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BELOW: Homecommg court parades at halftimeaCIRCLES: nga Nu beer Mast, Football lhwwmg mnlest at pep mHy. UPP. PG.: Ion Anderson works on fnai CMCLES: Hag gm and lnend dunng ha'mme; Chl Omega's mascot entry m the narada 5. CHRISTENSEN

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l 1 5 E L 55 g 50 year football home, razed fall semester Patterson's herd of cows. The seating structure, McLean Stadium, was named for a UK player. Price Innes McLean, who died of rnjurres suffered in a game against the University of Cincinnati in 1923. Orrgmalty, ptans called fora Ueshaped stadium with bowed sides. But only 10 ot the 16 proposed sections were ever huitt. The original six sections were constructed in 1924 at a cost of $117000. The following four sections were added during Wortd War II. The first sections seated only 10,000. With addrtional sections plus the end zone seatrng capacity was rarsed to approximately 20.000; 3 frgure that was dwarfed by the 56,000 seat capacity of the new Commonwealth Stadium. 1n 48footba1lseasons. McLean p1ayed host to nineheadcuaches,145vrctories.981osse5. and eight ties, The 1ast victory took place November, 1972, when UK beat Vanderbilt 14. 13. $- EELOW:Wh11eStctl Fretdrs telngdestraynd the tand uses thehetd tar p'actue, BOTTOM RIGHT: yhna Iy qrewtn the top of the stands as destmrlrah lO'e away the lraCItrun BOTTOM LEFT1W3rkers removermn beams before crushrng corcrete OPP. PG., FAR LEFT: Patterson 0t; ce Tcwer overlooks the. ruins of the old 1i91d. TOP RIGHT: The Cestructron 0f theseals where fans nnce cheered make way far the use or' the new Commonwealth Stacrum CENTER: A tcrn remnant amidst the rubh eat the stadium 15 a hnat remde' of the last game BOTTOM RIGHT15101 Freld theend of 48 tootheH seasons 'e :s 33.? ,W K1,, 3;.