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(12-15-2017 08:30 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(12-15-2017 02:17 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  

(12-15-2017 11:13 AM)jcduncan13 Wrote:  

(12-15-2017 09:26 AM)58-56 Wrote:  Would rather play South Alabama if we're going to play in CrapTon Bowl.

The Crampton Bowl has had money pumped into it by the city and is a nice stadium. Montgomery did a better job with it compared to what our city has done with Legion. Legion needs to be demolished.

Crampton Bowl hosted B'ham University School's 1957 game against Catholic High of Montgomery. BUS had 21 players on its squad, both QBs were 8th graders (one was Tom Krebs) and our coach was Rufus Perry. We lost 72-0 only because they were nice to us, and they only played their regulars if we reached the 50 on offense. I don't remember that stadium being new then. The reason Legion Field is still in existence is found in Post #34 above.

LOL.
I love it. Did the stadium look like the picture below back in the day? It was kinda crappy back when I played high school ball. But like UABs campus, they started upgrading after I left. First they added turf. I remember the grass would be dirt and mud by the end of the season with all the games the high schools played there. They demoed the end zone, so it's no longer a horse shoe and you can no longer cross over to the other side. New, press box with suites. Updated pavilion areas. New locker rooms and a multipurpose facility in the end zone for the high schools. It's an upgrade over legion field.

Looks like Rip Hewes Stadium in Dothan with a addition of a field house in the endzone to be nice.