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San Diego Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in San Diego, California. The stadium opened in 1967 as San Diego Stadium and was known as Jack Murphy Stadium from 1981 to 1997. From 1997 to 2017, the stadium's naming rights were owned by Qualcomm, and the stadium was known as Qualcomm Stadium or simply The Q.
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Jack Murphy (February 5, 1923 – September 24, 1980) was a...
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Mar 22, 2021 · The landmark broke ground in 1965 and has been called by many names over the decades, including Jack Murphy Stadium (aka “The Murph) and Qualcomm Stadium (aka “The Q”). Last month, NBC 7...
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Feb 21, 2021 · “The story will be denied and I’ll probably be denounced as a third-rate fiction writer,” San Diego Union sports editor Jack Murphy wrote in a Dec. 21, 1960 column, “but it comes on excellent...
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Jul 13, 2018 · On Jan. 6, 1981, the name of the facility was changed officially to San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium. Murphy, a nationally-known columnist and the sports editor of the San Diego Union Tribune, had led the campaign to have the stadium constructed.
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Oct 7, 2020 · Padres. Soon to Be Demolished — One Last Look Inside the Stadium. From a hidden baseball dugout to garbled scoreboard, old memories abound in the former San Diego, Jack Murphy, Qualcomm,...
- Artie Ojeda
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San Diego Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in San Diego, California. The stadium opened in 1967 as San Diego Stadium and was known as Jack Murphy Stadium from 1981 to 1997. From 1997 to 2017, the stadium's naming rights were owned by Qualcomm, and the stadium was known as Qualcomm Stadium or simply The Q.
