Playbook's Stadium 50 -- Significant moments in North American stadium history

Los Angeles Coliseum


Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1959

 

Dodgers hold ceremony for severely injured Roy Campanella.


The Hall of Fame catcher was ready to move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles with the Dodgers in 1958, but a car accident paralyzed him and left him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. In a touching salute, more than 93,000 fans gathered for a candlelight ceremony.

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