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4 unusual facts about Exhibition Stadium


Jeff Byrd

Byrd made his major league debut on June 20, 1977, when he started a game against the Cleveland Indians at Exhibition Stadium.

Manuel Lee

Lee recorded his first major league hit in his eighth at-bat, singling against Rick Behenna of the Cleveland Indians on June 2 at Exhibition Stadium.

Marty Springstead

One of the most controversial decisions of Springstead's career occurred on a rainy night at Exhibition Stadium on September 15, 1977.

The Mistake on the Lake

Exhibition Stadium, a former professional sports venue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the northern shore of Lake Ontario; site demolished in 1999


Chicago Cardinals–Toronto Argonauts exhibition game

The Chicago Cardinals–Toronto Argonauts exhibition game of August 5, 1959 was the inaugural game of Toronto's Exhibition Stadium and the first game a National Football League team played in the city.

Rick Dempsey

In 1985, Dick Enberg was in Toronto for Games 1 and 7 of the 1985 ALCS on NBC.


see also

Watkin's Tower

Among the pavilions and halls designed for the exhibition by John William Simpson, Maxwell Ayrton and Owen Williams was a grand sports arena, the 125,000-capacity British Empire Exhibition Stadium, later to be known as Wembley Stadium.