Holleder Memorial Stadium

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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, a perennial national powerhouse.

Originally named Aquinas Stadium, it was renamed in 1974 in memory of former Aquinas and Army quarterback Don Holleder, who was killed in 1967 in an ambush 40 miles outside of Saigon, throwing himself into enemy fire to save fallen comrades.

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. The largest crowd to ever attend a Lancers game at Holleder Stadium was on August 21, 1977, when 20,005 people watched the great Pelé lead his Cosmos to a 2-1 victory over the hometown Lancers in the first round of the 1977 NASL playoffs.

Holleder Stadium also hosted the Rochester Flash soccer team, who called Holleder Stadium home in 1981-82 (ASL) and 1984 (USL).

The Grateful Dead played a concert at Holleder Stadium in September 1979.

It was torn down in 1985. An industrial park, named Holleder Technology Park in honor of the historic stadium, now sits on the old site.