Existing comment:
Site of Benson Field
Decatur's Football Stadium
1931 - 47
Named in honor of
W. W. "Barney" Benson, Supt. Ed. 1927 - 38
H. L. "Shorty" Ogle, Coach 1934 - 64
Aubrey Fuller, Asst. Coach 1929 - 58
The "T" formation was introduced to Alabama here in 1941
On this field a generation of Decatur's youth became men.
Erected by "Shorty's" Boys in 2004 |