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Ratcliffe Stadium

Athletic venue

Field	Value
name	Ratcliffe Stadium
image	File:1981-11-Nov-08-Roll2-5035Kodacolor-CII-Film 0020- Halftime at the homecoming game - I'm in the band - My sister is a Hoover Patriot Cheerleader (9737018336).jpg
caption	Ratcliffe Stadium in 1981
former_names	Fresno State College Stadium
(1926–1940)
location	1101 E. University Ave
Fresno, California
coordinates
opened
renovated	1976, 1986, 2009
expanded	1942
owner	Fresno City College
operator	Fresno City College
surface	Field: natural grass
Track: polyurethane
capacity	13,000
tenants	Fresno City College Rams (1941–present)
Fresno State Bulldogs (1926–1979)

(1926–1940) Fresno, California Track: polyurethane Fresno State Bulldogs (1926–1979)

Ratcliffe Stadium is a collegiate athletic venue in the western United States, located on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California.

Opened in October 9, 1926, it was renamed in 1941 after their first football coach, Emory Ratcliffe. The stadium hosted the Raisin Bowl (1946–1949) and was home to the Fresno State Bulldogs football team through 1979; they moved to their on-campus Bulldog Stadium in 1980.

Ratcliffe also hosted the West Coast Relays, a major track and field competition. Today, local high school football games and various track and field events are still held there. The stadium has a seating capacity of 13,000, and it is located at 1101 E. University Avenue, along Blackstone Avenue.

The football field has a conventional north-south alignment, at an elevation of 300 ft above sea level.

Historical events

On June 2, 1964, Fresno Mayor Wallace D. Henderson marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and 1,000 persons from Fresno High School march Ratcliffe Stadium, where about 3,000 persons attended a rally that he spoke at regarding fair housing, desegregation and the Rumford Housing Act and in protest of California Proposition 14 (1964). It was organized as the Witness of Faith for Freedom Rally.

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