Clark Field, Sports stadium at University of Texas, Austin, United States.
Clark Field, first called Varsity Athletic Field, was a stadium on the University of Texas at Austin campus at the southeast corner of 24th Street and Speedway. Its wooden bleachers held up to 20,000 spectators at peak use. It served the Longhorns football and track teams until 1924, baseball until 1928 and men's basketball until 1917.
Varsity Athletic Field opened in 1887 on land at the southeast corner of 24th Street and Speedway, and in 1904 it was renamed for former University of Texas regent James Benjamin Clark. The Longhorns football and track teams played there until moving to Memorial Stadium in 1924, and the basketball team left for the new Men's Gym in 1917. After the 1927 baseball season the university built Taylor Hall, the Engineering Building, on the site, and baseball moved east to a second Clark Field in 1928.
The field's name honors James Benjamin Clark, a former University of Texas regent, who was honored in 1904. The Longhorns football team played there from 1896 to 1924, winning 135 games, losing 23 and tying 3. The site later made way for Taylor Hall, an engineering building.
The site is now occupied by Taylor Hall, the Engineering Building, at the southeast corner of 24th Street and Speedway. The second Clark Field, to which the baseball team moved after 1927, lies a short distance east. The original stadium no longer stands.
The field was named in 1904 for James Benjamin Clark, a former University of Texas regent. Its wooden bleachers at peak activity held 20,000 spectators. From 1896 to 1924 the Longhorns football team went 135–23–3 there. After the 1927 baseball season the land was redeveloped for Taylor Hall, an engineering building.
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