J. Birney Crum Stadium

In 1948, the stadium opened as Allentown High School Stadium and was sometimes alternately referred to as Allentown School District Stadium^[1] or ASD Stadium.

In 1982, the stadium was renamed in honor of J. Birney Crum,^[2] a football, basketball, and baseball coach at Allentown High School,^[3] now Allen High School, who was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1974.

In 2002, the stadium was substantially renovated, including the installation of FieldTurf, which replaced the stadium's original natural grass surface.

J. Birney Crum Stadium is the home high school field for Allentown's three large Eastern Pennsylvania Conference high school football teams: Allen, Central Catholic, and Dieruff high schools. The stadium has been the home field for the high school careers of several players who went on to NFL careers, including Ed McCaffrey of the Denver Broncos and New York Giants, Andre Reed of the Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins and a Hall of Fame Inductee, Tony Stewart of the Philadelphia Eagles, Cincinnati Bengals and Oakland Raiders, and others.

The stadium hosts a large annual Fourth of July fireworks display that typically draws tens of thousands of spectators and is among the largest such July 4 fireworks events in the Lehigh Valley.

Crum is also marching arts performance venue. The stadium hosts the annual Drum Corps International's Eastern Classic, held the weekend prior to its world championships in Indianapolis.

This stadium also hosts the Collegiate Marching Band Festival, an annual event held in late September or early October that showcases college and university marching bands of all sizes and styles from across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Crum also hosts USBands A Class National Championships, which features performances of high school marching bands annually in November.

The stadium is owned by the Allentown School District.

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