The Fifties

Brewed by Cincinnati's own Schoenling Brewing Co., Little Kings was founded in 1958. Its distinctive 7-ounce green bottle was invented soon after when patrons at Montgomery Inn stated they'd prefer not to buy a full-sized bottle of beer to go with their shots of...

Shea Stadium opened on April 17, 1964 as the New York Mets hosted the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Mets lost lost 4 to 3 in front of 50, 312 fans. The stadium was originally going to be called Flushing Meadow Park Municipal Stadium. However, a...

Wrestling at the Chase ran on KPLR Channel 11 in St. Louis from 1959 to 1983. It was promoted by the St. Louis Wrestling Club, a member of the National Wrestling Alliance. The matched aired on Saturdays and were repeated on Sunday mornings for...

Serving hamburgers, hot dogs and french fries featuring carhop services, Dog n Suds first opened in 1953 in Illinois and grew rapidly through the '50s and '60s. Today, a few locations still remain in the Midwest.

Thwarted in his attempt to buy and move pro football's Cardinals to Dallas, and later denied an expansion team for his hometown, Dallas oil heir Lamar Hunt formed his own league which began play in 1960. His team was the Dallas Texans (a name used...

The Polo Grounds was the name of four different stadiums in upper Manhattan in New York City, the first of which opened in 1880. The most famous incarnation opened in 1909 and was completely rebuilt in 1911 after a catastrophic fire. That Polo Grounds...

The Cleveland Buckeyes played in the Negro American League from 1942 to 1950. For most of their existence the played their home games at League Park.

Opened in 1956, Metropolitan stadium was built in the hopes of attracting a Major League Baseball team and also, possibly, a National Football League (NFL) team to Minnesota. The AAA??Minneapolis Millers??played there from 1956 through 1959. In 1960, the Washington Senators moved to the...

Shibe Park was the home of the Philadelphia Athletics starting in 1909. In 1938, the name of the park was changed to Connie Mack Stadium as the Phillies became the A's roommates for the next 16 years, until the latter moved to Kansas City...

The Pittsburgh Hornets started as the Detroit Olympics in the International Hockey League (IHL). In 1936 they moved to Pittsburgh and joined what would become the American Hockey League (AHL). In 1956 they suspended operations as their home arena, the??Duquesne??Garden, was razed as part...

The Aces were founded in Quebec City in 1928 as an amateur hockey club. They joined the American Hockey League in 1959. In 1967, the became the minor league affiliate of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers. In 1971, the Flyers decided to move the team...

One of the most famous ballparks in sports history, Ebbets?? Field was best-known as the home of baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers from 1913 to 1957. It was also the home field for five pro football teams: the Brooklyn Brickley Giants, Brooklyn Lions, Brooklyn Dodgers (later...

Steve Crane was an actor turned restaurateur. After opening the highly successful Luau restaurant in Beverly Hills in the late 1940s, he started the Kon Tiki chain in 1958. Most of these were located inside Sheraton hotels across the U.S.

Amy Joy was a family-owned donut shop in Cleveland that first opened for business in 1952. It's original location was on Mayfield Road, with smaller satellite spots located in area landmarks such as Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. It closed in 2018.

Opened in 1956, Metropolitan stadium was built in the hopes of attracting a Major League Baseball team and also, possibly, a National Football League (NFL) team to Minnesota. The AAA Minneapolis Millers played there from 1956 through 1959. In 1960, the Washington Senators moved...

After the departure of the Red Birds for Omaha in 1955, Columbus welcomed the former Ottawa A's to town. Renamed the Jets, they played in the city through 1970 in the International League. In 1971 they moved to West Virginia and became the Charleston...

The DuMont Television Network began broadcasting on June 28, 1942, the nation's third TV network behind NBC and CBS. Regular network service began on August 15, 1946. It was started by DuMont Laboratories, a maker of TVs. Financial strains and fierce competition from NBC,...

The Atlanta Crackers were a minor league baseball team that played in Georgia's capital from 1901 until the arrival of the Braves from Milwaukee in 1965. Their home for most of that time was Ponce de Leon Park. They played their final season in...

Musicland was founded in Minneapolis in 1955.?? In 1964, it merged with music distributor JL Marsh followed by merger in 1968 with record label and distributor Pickwick International. In 1977, American Can Company bought Pickwick and a year later, famed New York record store...

The St. Louis Hawks began as the Buffalo Bisons in the National Basketball League (NBL) in 1946. After just one month in Western New York, the team moved to Moline, IL and became the Tri-City Blackhawks. The team became part of the National Basketball...

The Homestead Grays were one of the longest-running Negro league baseball teams in history, playing from 1900 to 1950.??They were Negro Leagues Champions in 1943, 1944, and 1948. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The Hollywood Stars were a Pacific Coast League baseball team based in Southern California. The first iteration played in L.A. from 1926 to 1935 before moving to San Diego. The second Stars team played from 1938 to 1957 and the arrival of big league...

Hockey Night in Canada traces its roots back to 1931 and Saturday night radio broadcasts of NHL hockey. It came to television in 1952. It is one of the most iconic sports television sports events in the world, pre-dating Monday Night Football in the...

Burger Chef was a fast-food hamburger chain that started in Indianapolis in 1958. At its peak in the mid 1970s, it was second only to McDonald's in the number of nationwide locations. The chain even made inroads into Canada. In 1982, the chain was...

The Homestead Grays were one of the longest-running Negro league baseball teams in history, playing from 1900 to 1950. Formed in Homestead, a suburb of Pittsburgh, the team grew represent the entire area, eventually sharing Forbes Field with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The team also...

Sportsman's Park was the name of several separate ball parks in St. Louis. All but one stood at Dodier Street and Grand Blvd. The final version of the park was home to both the city's NL and AL baseball clubs. The AL team left...

The Enchanted Forest in Ellicott City opened on August 15, 1955, just one month after Walt Disney opened his theme park in Anaheim, California. The park closed in 1995 with many of its rides and other elements being moved to a nearby farm for...

Formerly the Denver Bears, this Pacific Coast League team, founded in 1955, was renamed the Zephyrs in 1984. The club moved to New Orleans when the Colorado Rockies began play in Major League Baseball in 1993.

Opened in 1910 to replace South Side Park, Comiskey Park was the home of the Chicago White Sox for 80 years and was also the home field of the Chicago American Giants of the Negro American League from 1941 t 1952. It was also...

County Stadium was originally developed to replace aging Borchert field which dated to 1888. At the time ground was broken, the city was home to a AA team but hoped to attract a big league club. Indeed, the minor league team would never play...