The field was completed in 1899, and is one of the oldest football pitches in the United States.
It was named after the 36th Governor of Maine, and American Civil War surgeon general, Alonzo Garcelon.
He was an early benefactor of the college.
In 1875 prior to the completion of Garcelon Field, Bates played Tufts at a field adjacent to Rand Hall on the Bates campus for the first organized intercollegiate football game played in Maine.
The field was completed in 1899, and is one of the oldest football pitches in the United States. It was named after the 36th Governor of Maine, and American Civil War surgeon general, Alonzo Garcelon. He was an early benefactor of the college. In 1875 prior to the completion of Garcelon Field, Bates played Tufts at a field adjacent to Rand Hall on the Bates campus for the first organized intercollegiate football game played in Maine.
Garcelon Field