Lost for the most part in all of the hullabaloo over the final season of Yankee Stadium was the farewell to New York's Shea Stadium. So while history will record 2008 as the final year in which a major league baseball game was played at the stadium near La Guardia Airport, what about the last NFL contest? In fact, today marks the anniversary of that event, which was played on a Saturday. If that isn't enough of a clue for you, the following are players that were on the teams (the host Jets and the Pittsburgh Steelers) that played in that last NFL game at Shea: Franco Harris and Richard Todd. Click here to find out the year.
Check out more about Shea Stadium:
Recent New York Times article on the dismantling of Shea Stadium (with photos)
You Tube video of The Beatles' performance at Shea in 1965
Mets.com: History of Shea Stadium
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