Remembering Dal-Hi Stadium!!!!

[Green Grenade II]

Since we have the weekend off, I thought I'd see if anyone on this board (be careful, you'll date yourself) remembers that grand old 20,000 seat stadium known as Dal-Hi! When I went to South Oak Cliff High School, we played our games there, except for one game during State Fair (at the Cotton Bowl).

Dal-Hi also had a basketball field house, and the original scoreboard had a clock that worked like a wall clock (hands moved showing the time left, etc). The goal posts were always decorated by the teams playing in a particular contest. SOC had gold & white crepe paper streamers wrapped on all parts of the goal post. The opponent had their colors. Very exciting.

I was looking through my 1955 SOC yearbook today and saw great shots of Dal-Hi. Just thought I'd share this with you!!!!

[NT80]

Just for you Rick:

Photos of Dal-Hi Stadium shortly before it was demolished in 1981. The name was changed to P. C. Cobb Stadium on September 13, 1957.

Dal-Hi or P.C. Cobb Stadium

P. C. Cobb Stadium

Sunset High / old Oak Cliff & Dallas photos links

Edited October 13, 2004 by NT80

[eagle60]

Wow, GGII, I remenber some serious football games in Dal-Hi between South Oak Cliff and Hillcrest (my school.) Those two schools had come into the City competition about the same time so the rivalry was close!

Both SOC and Sunset ran the old single wing offense and were very successful with it.

I remember playing basketball at the Oak Cliff Y against a team from SOC, mostly football players on each side. We had good rapport between the players. It was a good time remembered for me.

Also the young lady I had mentioned before and my parents were good friends so we "slept over" a number of times (separately to my regret!) Good memories from all the experiences.

[eagle60]

Let me just add that all of us were in the Hi-Y Club at our separate schools. The basketball was a city tournment.

At the time South Oak Cliff and Hillcrest came into the city district, the only other schools were: Crozier Tech, Forest Avenue, North Dallas, Woodrow Wilson, Adamson and Sunset.

[risinggreen]

I remember some good times at Cobb as a kid. The Dr. Pepper basketball tourney next door brings back some good memories.

[PlummMeanGreen]

Thanks for those nostalgic photos of P.C. Cobb Stadium, GGII.

I remember seeing that venue off Dallas' Stemmons Fwy in my first few trips from the Gulf Coast to Denton back in the early 70's.

Thanks for those memories although I never attended a FB game there.