Brown Athletics History http://brownbears.com en-us en-us Football was first played on Lincoln Field in 1892. Lyman Gym stands in the background of this 1894 photo. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/I-d.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/I-d.jpg Marston Boathouse, after the 1994 renovation. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/IV-e.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/IV-e.jpg Members of the 1890 lawn tennis team pose on the south end of what is now the College Green. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/I-a.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/I-a.jpg The Class of 1907 Boathouse was dedicated in 1938 at a regatta sponsored by the Yacht Club. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/II-d.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/II-d.jpg Sayles Gymnasium (now Smith-Buonanno) was the first dedicated athletic facility for women. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/II-a.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/II-a.jpg Marston Boathouse, as it appeared in the 1970s. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/IV-d.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/IV-d.jpg Marvel Gym was bordered on the north by Aldrich Field , which included the baseball stadium (top left corner). The clock tower and cupola atop Marvel Gym were prominent East Side landmarks. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/II-c.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/II-c.jpg The Berylson Family Fields were completed in 2007. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/IV-c.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/IV-c.jpg Price Margolies ’36 (left) and Joe Olney ’36 stand on the balcony overlooking the indoor track at the 1981 dedication of the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/III-d.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/III-d.jpg The groundbreaking ceremony for the Pizzitola Sports Center, left to right: President Howard Swearer, Kip Cohen ’ 50, Art Joukowsky ’55 P’87, Frank Pizzitola ’49 P’81, David Zucconi ’55, and athletic director John Parry ’65. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/IV-b.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/IV-b.jpg Art Joukowsky ’55 P’87, founder of the Sports Foundation, at the dedication of the University shield on the facade of the OMAC. The shield was the foundation’s first gift to Brown. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/IV-a.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/IV-a.jpg An aerial view of Meehan Auditorium, located on the corner of Hope and Lloyd, which was dedicated in 1962. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/III-b.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/III-b.jpg Brown’s third boathouse on the Seekonk was built after the 1871 boathouse burned down in 1874. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/I-b.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/I-b.jpg Baseball games at Lincoln Field drew large crowd in the late 1890s. Home plate was near the junction of Thayer and Waterman Streets. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/I-c.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/I-c.jpg Aldrich-Dexter Fieldhouse, located next to Meehan Auditorium, was originally the Dexter Asylum infirmary. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/III-c.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/III-c.jpg Pembrokers practice archery on Pembroke Field. Pembroke Field House can be seen in the background. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/II-b.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/II-b.jpg Aldrich-Dexter Field, as it appeared when Brown purchased the Dexter Asylum in 1957. http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/III-a.jpg http://brownbears.com/sports/c-equest/2009-10/photos/0001/III-a.jpg