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The East Orange Oval was an athletic field located at Brick Church in East Orange, New Jersey. It was also the first known field used by the Orange Athletic Club football team. The field was also used for track and field events by the Old Brick Church of Orange, among other groups.
Called "Oval Park" by the City of East Orange it was home to the Orange Athletic Club later the Orange Tornadoes, played on the field before going on to play in the World Series of Football at Madison Square Garden in 1902. [1]
Oval Park was also saw Negro League Baseball play, seeing the Newark Eagles, New York Black Yankees, Brooklyn Brown Dodgers, Brooklyn Colored Giants, Baltimore Eagles, Birmingham Barons, Chicago Giants, and the Asheville Blues all use the site. [1]
Each year East Orange's Negro team would play it's all-white counterpart at the Oval, which used to have a concrete grandstand. [1]
The Park would be subject to a 6 million dollar renovation from 2023-2024 by Neglia Engineering which saw a walking trail, a new track and field, and a drainage system. [1]
Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, originally simply Riverfront Stadium, was a 6,200-seat baseball park in Newark, New Jersey built in 1999. It was the home field of the Newark Bears, who played in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an independent minor baseball league. The Bears played in the stadium from 1999 until 2013 when they announced a move to the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, but the team was folded shortly thereafter.
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The 1893 Orange Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Orange Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1893 college football season. The AFU in 1893 consisted of three amateur football teams – the Orange Athletic Club, the New York Athletic Club from Manhattan, and the Crescent Athletic Club from Brooklyn. The Orange team played its home games at the Orange Oval in East Orange, New Jersey, compiled a 7–2 record, and won the AFU championship.
The 1894 Orange Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Orange Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1894 college football season. The team played its home games at the Orange Oval in East Orange, New Jersey, compiled a 4–5–1 record, and won the AFU championship. Frank H. Coyne was the team captain.
The 1895 Orange Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Orange Athletic Club in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1895 college football season. The team played its home games at the Orange Oval in East Orange, New Jersey, compiled a 6–4–1 record, and shut out six opponents.
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