Legion Field

This vintage postcard from the 1950s depicts Legion Field, a football venue in Birmingham, Jefferson County. It opened in 1927 and most notably hosted the Iron Bowl rivalry game between the University of Alabama and Auburn University from 1948 to 1989.

Vintage postcard view of Birmingham’s Legion Field showing a football game in progress before packed grandstands.
Photo courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Vintage postcard view of Birmingham’s Legion Field showing a football game in progress before packed grandstands.