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Kezar Stadium was the first home of the San Francisco 49ers [5] and Oakland Raiders, as well as many NFL Hall of Famers, historical NFL games, and the first "alley-oop". [6] The Raiders played at Kezar for their first four home games in 1960 , and at Candlestick Park during the remainder of their first two seasons, [ 7 ] before Frank Youell ...
Kezar Pavilion, located adjacent to Kezar Stadium, is an indoor arena in the southeast corner of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, United States (US).Built in 1924, the Pavilion seats 4,000 people and is owned and operated by the City of San Francisco.
SNACK, an acronym for Students Need Athletics, Culture and Kicks (a phrase thought up by columnist Herb Caen), [1] was a benefit concert held in San Francisco on March 23, 1975. [2] Playing to an audience of over 60,000 fans at Kezar Stadium , the concert, planned and produced by rock promoter Bill Graham , brought together the greatest array ...
The San Francisco Polytechnic football team won numerous trophies from the 1920s to the 1950s. [8] More than 50,000 people were at Kezar Stadium for the 1928 city championship game with the school's traditional rival Lowell High School, the highest attendance for a high school football game in northern California. [3]
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The games were scheduled as an annual Thanksgiving Day classic, always held at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. [3] [2] Their first meeting in 1929 was a crucial contest. [4] Saint Mary's entered the game 7–0–1, having never been scored upon. Oregon was 7–1, with an invitation to the Rose Bowl on the line if they won the ...
The 1982 Gay Games (Gay Games I) were held in San Francisco, California, United States from August 28 – September 5, 1982. They were the first Gay Games, an event officially conceived by Tom Waddell, an athlete and activist, along with the help of many others.
A native San Franciscan, Bob St. Clair attended San Francisco Polytechnic High School (located across the street from Kezar Stadium) and the University of San Francisco, and was part of USF's undefeated 1951 team, which famously refused to play in the Orange Bowl because the team was asked to keep its black players, future NFL hall of famer ...