Fawcett Stadium is a football stadium in Canton, Ohio. The stadium was officially dedicated in 1938. Future Cleveland Browns great and Pro Football Hall of Famer Marion Motley, who along with fellow Hall of Famer Bill Willis broke the color barrier in modern professional football with the Cleveland Browns in 1946, scored the first touchdown in the stadium in 1938. The stadium seats around 22,400, and is home to the Canton McKinley High School Bulldogs. It is also hosts the annual NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame Game at the beginning of the exhibition season.
In addition to the McKinley High School Bulldog football team, it is home to two other high schools, the Timken Trojans and GlenOak High School, and two colleges: Walsh University and Malone College. Three of the Ohio High School football state championship games are held at Fawcett Stadium during the first weekend of December. The other three are held at Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium.
From 1997 to 2000, Fawcett Stadium was the home of the Victory Bowl, the NCCAA championship football game.
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