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Showing posts with label Florida sports history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida sports history. Show all posts
Friday, May 26, 2023

Fort Lauderdale's Little Yankee Stadium: work now, play later and people power

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  Little Yankee Stadium, State Archives of Florida Little Yankee Stadium Today,  Floyd V. Hull Stadium 2800 SW 8th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL ...
Monday, May 15, 2023

Short lived Winterhurst leaves Fort Lauderdale ice hockey legacy

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  Photo by Duckhunter6424, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Jane Feehan Winterhurst, Fort Lauderdale’s first ice rink had a short run...
Sunday, January 29, 2023

Actor Mickey Rourke debuts professional boxing career in Fort Lauderdale

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  Rourke (R), 1991 State Archives of Florida By Jane Feehan Among highly publicized events at Fort Lauderdale’s War Memorial Auditorium duri...
Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Gulfstream Park: A tale of two starts in South Florida horse racing

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Florida Derby 1969 Florida State Archives Gulfstream Park 901 S. Federal Hwy Hallandale, FL 33009 954-454-7000 Gulfstreampark.com By Jane Fe...
Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Greyhound dog racing gave Miami a new thrill

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      State of Florida Archives By Jane Feehan The first greyhound dog racing track in Florida opened in 1922 amid a rising interest in th...
Monday, October 11, 2021

Jai Alai comes to South Florida in 1924 expanding sports offerings

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By Jane Feehan Dania Jai Alai Palace circa 1959 Florida State Archives/Rubel Plans to close Dania Jai Alai were reversed February, 2022. A l...
Sunday, July 7, 2013

Fort Lauderdale in the news - 1964

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Kenann Building By Jane Feehan Below are Fort Lauderdale news tidbits from 1964 ... Sky Harbor East   -The first high-rise co...