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In protest of the Vietnam War and Harvard's connections to it, students occupied University Hall on the night of April 8 to 9, 1969, forcing out Harvard officials and staff. In the early morning hours of April 10 the occupiers were ejected and some 100 to 300 persons arrested; about 50 were injured.
Prior to a doubleheader against Dartmouth on May 4, 1997, the field was dedicated to Joseph J. O'Donnell, Harvard class of 1967. O'Donnell played baseball and football at Harvard, captaining the baseball team during his senior season. He donated $2.5 million to the baseball program in 1995, allowing it to hire a head coach on a full-time basis. [5]
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1969 followed the system reintroduced in 1968. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted once by mail to select from recent major league players and elected two, Roy Campanella and Stan Musial.
Harvard Stadium was constructed on 31 acres (13 ha) of land known as Soldiers Field, donated to Harvard University by Henry Lee Higginson in 1890 as a memorial to Harvard men who had died in the Civil War (1861–1865). [8] The structure, similar in shape to the Panathenaic Stadium, was completed in just 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 months, costing $310,000 ...
The Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) is a 1,000-seat multi-purpose arena and athletic facility at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [1]Originally known as the Indoor Athletic Building (IAB), [2] it is now named after Peter L. Malkin, who helped fund the refurbishment of the building in 1985.
The 1969 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1969 season. The 66th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles and the National League (NL) champion New York Mets .
Harold Cooper (1955-1968), Charles Wareham (1969-1970) The Columbus Jets were a Minor League baseball team that played in Columbus, Ohio , from 1955 to 1970. The team moved from Ottawa , Ontario, Canada where they were known as the Ottawa Athletics .
The stadium has a capacity of 4,450 [3] and had a record attendance of 5,360, versus the Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team on May 18, 2002. [1] In 2010, the Buckeyes ranked 46th among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 1,235 per home game. [4] The venue hosted the Big Ten Tournament in 1999, 2001, and 2010. [5]