Keystone Oaks School District

The year was 1950. 

Charles M. Schulz published the first Peanuts comic strip. 💥

I Love Lucy premiered on television. 📺

Bell Laboratories invented the first telephone answering machine. ☎️

Eggs were 60 cents per dozen; leaded, regular gasoline was 26 cents per gallon; and the average family income was $3,300. 📈

And, in our little corner of the world in Dormont, PA, the Dormont High School Bulldogs took the field for the first Friday night football game in a brand-new 7,000-seat stadium at the corner of Hillsdale and Crosby Avenues. That night, the new stadium was dedicated to the "Dormont boys and girls who had served in the armed service," and the Bulldogs secured a 25-6 victory over South Hills. 

As the editors of The Torch wrote in the 1950-1951 yearbook, that day - September 15, 1950 - was a day that would “go down in Dormont football history.” 

Designed by Michael Baker Engineering Company and constructed for approximately $200,000, Dormont Stadium holds not only the memories of the Bulldogs and, since 1965, the Golden Eagles, but also the stories of thousands of students. They have marched across the field with instruments playing their high school alma mater with pride, walked across the stage to receive their diploma, or sat in the stands as parents and grandparents, proudly watching younger generations carry on traditions that have been part of our story for 75 years.

As Dormont Memorial Stadium celebrates its Diamond Anniversary, we asked the community to submit their favorite memories from Dormont Memorial Stadium. We’ll be sharing those stories - some heartfelt, some funny, some nostalgic - on social media over the next two weeks, leading up to the final home game against Seton LaSalle on October 17.

Be sure to follow along on Facebook and Instagram and share your own story from Dormont Memorial Stadium using this form or on social media using #DormontStadium75.