Knights of Columbus Stadium was a

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stadium located in

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, along Main Street. The stadium was used by the

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of the

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in 1929. However, the Tornadoes first moved into the stadium in 1926, when they were still called the Orange Athletic Club. The Tornadoes briefly moved to

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in 1930. However, after a disastrous season, the team moved back to Orange and played independently at the stadium from 1931 until 1935. The team also played at Knights of Columbus Stadium in 1936, as a member of

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. The largest crowd in 1929 was 9,000 people who attended the season opener on September 29. The smallest crowd of the season was 1,500 people on November 17. Former Orange player,

Ernest Cuneo Ernest L. Cuneo (May 27, 1905 – March 1, 1988)
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, once wrote that the attendance mainly ran in the range between 2,500 and 3,000 fans at Knights of Columbus Field, which was low even for a Depression year.

References

1929 NFL season
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