Richardson Memorial Stadium
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Richardson Memorial Stadium is a 10,258 seat Canadian football stadium located on the campus of the Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. It was built in 1971 and is the home of the Golden Gaels football team.
Located on Queen's West Campus, it is the second stadium to bear the name.
It is named in memory of George Taylor Richardson, a Queen's graduate renowned for his athleticism and sportsmanship who died in WWI. The original stadium was funded by George's brother, James Armstrong Richardson, graduate and Chancellor of Queen's.
[edit] Original Field
The original field was located on Union Street at the present site of Mackintosh-Corry Hall and its parking lot. It was opened in 1921 on a piece of land bought from a community of nuns. This field hosted the 1922 Grey Cup. This was the stadium where Franklin Delano Roosevelt received his honorary degree from Queen's on August 18, 1938, and where he made an historic speech that was seen as a departure from American isolationism.
When a new social sciences complex, Mackintosh-Corry Hall was planned, the original stadium was torn down and relocated to the newly acquired West Campus. Many staff, students, and alumni were very upset about the move, feeling that the stadium belonged in the heart of campus, however the project went ahead.
