Bradner Stadium
Encyclopedia
Bradner Stadium is a stadium
in Olean, New York
. It was primarily used for baseball
and was home to the Olean Yankees
and prior to that, the Olean Oilers
. It was built in 1926. It holds 4,000 people and primarily serves as the home stadium of the Olean High School and Archbishop Walsh football
teams, although other events are also held at the stadium.
will be relocating to the stadium; the team will be moving from its previous home in Wayland
.
played at Bradner with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Olean, New York
Olean, New York
Olean is a city in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. Olean is the largest city in Cattaraugus County, and serves as the financial, business, transportation and entertainment center of the county. It is one of the principal cities of the Southern Tier region of New York.The city is...
. It was primarily used for baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
and was home to the Olean Yankees
Olean Yankees
The Olean Yankees were a minor league baseball team located in Olean, New York. The team played in the New York - Penn League. Their home stadium was Bradner Stadium....
and prior to that, the Olean Oilers
Olean Oilers
The Olean Oilers were a minor league baseball team located in Olean, New York. The team played in the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League from 1939 to 1951 and 1955 to 1956, and in the New York-Pennsylvania League from 1957 to 1958. It was affiliated with the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1939 to 1948,...
. It was built in 1926. It holds 4,000 people and primarily serves as the home stadium of the Olean High School and Archbishop Walsh football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
teams, although other events are also held at the stadium.
Olean Diesel
Beginning in 2009, the Olean Diesel (formerly the Southern Tier Diesel) of the Northeastern Football AllianceNortheastern Football Alliance
The Northeastern Football Alliance is an amateur-semiprofessional American football league based mostly in upstate New York. It was formerly known as the New York Amateur Football League, which split off from the Mid Continental Football League in the mid-1990s after the MCFL contracted into the...
will be relocating to the stadium; the team will be moving from its previous home in Wayland
Wayland (town), New York
Wayland is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 4,314 at the 2000 census.The Town of Wayland contains a village Wayland. The town is in the northern part of the county, northwest of Bath, New York.- History :...
.
Notable events
In 1947, Hall-of-Fame player Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was the first black Major League Baseball player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947...
played at Bradner with the Brooklyn Dodgers.