Rochester, Italy
Holleder Memorial Stadium was a 20,000 seat football stadium in Rochester, New York. Located on Ridgeway Avenue, at the south east corner of Mount Read Blvd., it was built in 1949 to serve as the home of Aquinas Institute football. Originally named Aquinas Memorial Stadium, it was renamed in 1974, i
n memory of former Aquinas and Army quarterback Major Don Holleder, who was killed on 17 October 1967, in the Battle of Ong Thanh and was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Soldier's Medal, Bronze Star medal with three Oak Leaf clusters, Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal with an Oak Leaf cluster and Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf clusters. The first ever win for the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League was held at the stadium; on August 13, 1960, the Bills won an exhibition game against the Denver Broncos. The Bills continued to host occasional exhibition games at the stadium through the 1960s. Holleder Stadium was the home pitch for professional soccer's Rochester Lancers, who played at Holleder from 1967–69 as members of the American Soccer League, and 1970–80 while in the NASL. On August 21, 1977, 20,005 people, the largest crowd to attend a Lancers...
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