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Drake Stadium (UCLA)

UCLA stadium

Summary

UCLA stadium

Field	Value
name	Drake Stadium
logo_image	UCLA_Bruins_primary_logo.svg
logo_size	70
image	Drake Stadium 2008.JPG
image_size	240px
caption	View from north in 2008
city	Los Angeles, California
country	United States
coordinates
elevation	400 ft
owner	University of California, LA
operator	University of California, LA
type	Stadium
capacity	11,700
opened
tenants	{{plainlist
website

UCLA Bruins teams:
Track and field (1969–present)
men's soccer (1969–2017)
women's soccer (1969–2017) Drake Stadium is an 11,700-capacity stadium in Los Angeles, California on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The home of the UCLA Bruins men's and women's track and field teams, it was built in 1969 and is named for UCLA track legend Elvin C. "Ducky" Drake, a student-athlete, track coach, and athletic trainer for over 60 years. Drake was also the home of the men's and women's soccer teams until 2017, when the nearby Wallis Annenberg Stadium opened.

History

There was a proposal in 1965 to build a 44,000 seat "Multi-Purpose Stadium" on campus, for UCLA Bruins track meets and varsity football games, rather than the Bruins using the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for their home field. In both spring and fall 1965, UCLA students "voted by a two-to-one majority against the proposal to use fee funds to build a football stadium." Additionally, the proposal was opposed by influential area residents and politicians. By February 1966, UCLA had scaled back the project to the Drake Stadium configuration. Although the football stadium never became a reality, there have been scrimmage games in the stadium.

Drake Stadium has hosted the Pacific-10 (now Pac-12) Track and Field Championships, the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1976-77-78, the Pacific-8 Championships in 1970 and 1977 and the CIF California State Meet for high schools in 1969-71-77. The facility hosted the first-ever California-Nevada Championships on April 30-May 1, 1994. It also has hosted other student events such as concerts and graduation ceremonies.

The track at Drake Stadium is named for gold medalist Rafer Johnson and his wife Betty. The field is named for UCLA alumnus Frank Marshall, a film producer.

On May 20, 1990, Randy Barnes set the world record of in the Shot Put in Drake Stadium. The record lasted over 31 years until it was beaten by Ryan Crouser in Eugene, Oregon. On May 27, 2023, Crouser improved upon his world record with a at the Los Angeles Grand Prix, returning the record to Drake Stadium.

Notable athletes

Carlos Bocanegra
Ato Boldon
Jonathan Bornstein
Tom Bradley
Lauren Cheney
Danny Everett
Benny Feilhaber
Dawn Harper
Joanna Hayes
Monique Henderson
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Meb Keflezighi
Rafer Johnson
Cobi Jones
Steve Lewis
Mike Powell
Jackie Robinson
Mike Tully
C.K. Yang
Kevin Young
Marvell Wynne

References

(November 24, 1964). "UCLA to get new stadium". Eugene Register-Guard.
[https://archive.org/details/southerncampus1966suppuniv UCLA Southern Campus Yearbook], by the University of California; Associated Students of UCLA, Volume 47, page 111, 1966
Crowe, Jerry - [http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-crowe16-2009nov16,0,1062188.column There goes the neighborhood: How UCLA stadium bid was scuttled.] Los Angeles Times, November 16, 2009
Reich, Ken - Stadium for UCLA Given Support - Architect's Study Cites Project as 'Desirable' STADIUM SUPPORT. Los Angeles Times, November 18, 1965. ''UCLA officials--still reportedly trying to decide whether to recommend the building of a 44,000-seat football stadium on campus--have released details of an architectural feasibility study.''
Connon, Sam. (July 21, 2021). "UCLA to honor life of gold medalist Rafer Johnson on campus in October".

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