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3 unusual facts about Cazaly's Stadium


Cazaly's Stadium

In 1957 the Cairns Australian Football League named the newly opened ground after legendary VFL player Roy Cazaly.

In 1957 the Australian National Football Council, through Bruce Andrew, purchased land in Cairns for the first dedicated field in regional Queensland which became Cazaly's Stadium.

With 30 seconds left in the 4th quarter the Gold Coast Suns trailed by 10 points, but kicked two goals including one after the siren by rugby league convert Karmichael Hunt to win the match.


2011 Richmond Football Club season

It was also the first season Richmond played against the Gold Coast, and was also the first time the club played a home-and-away game at Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns.

2011 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs

The 2011 WPS Playoffs were the postseason to Women's Professional Soccer's 2011 Season, which started on August 17 and culminated on August 27 at Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester, New York.

2013 in rugby league

1: Huddersfield, England - Four new members are formally inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame at a fundraising dinner at the John Smith's Stadium: Lewis Jones, Martin Offiah, Garry Schofield and Mick Sullivan.

2014 San Francisco 49ers season

It will also mark the 49ers' first season playing their home games at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

Duane Holmes

He made his first league début in the 1-1 draw against Blackpool at the John Smith's Stadium on September 27, 2013, setting up the equaliser for James Vaughan.

Metro Bank Park

The most recent episode of this happening was in the 2006 season when a flood partially submerged the field, and forced the Senators to play 2 "home games" as a doubleheader in Bowie against the Bowie Baysox.

Roy Cazaly

Roy Cazaly (13 January 1893 – 10 October 1963) was an Australian rules football player famous for his high marks and ruck work, which gave rise to the phrase "Up There Cazaly".

Sahlen's Stadium

The stadium also hosts other sporting events such as collegiate soccer, Rochester Rhinos Elite youth soccer games and practices, American football, field hockey and drum and bugle corps competitions as well as concerts.

The Drum Corps Associates drum corps championships have been held at PAETEC every Labor Day weekend since 2006.

This was part of a ten-year naming rights agreement with Sahlen's Packing Company, Inc. of Buffalo, New York.

William Voisey

Voisey later managed Millwall between 1940 and 1944, but was forced to retire after sustaining injuries during an air raid; he survived a direct hit on Millwall's stadium.


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