Negro Leagues

"The Philadelphia Stars [formed in 1933] played played at a stadium the Pennsylvania Railroad had constructed in the early 1920s at 44th and Parkside in West Philadelphia for its YMCA team [Parkside Field]. After losing this home field in 1947, they took to the road and played some of their games at Shibe Park." The team disbanded in 1950.

Note that they didn't play at Veterans Stadium; that wasn't even constructed until 1967. The "Philadelphia Stars" that played at the Vet was a football team in the United States Football League.

Philadelphia Veterans Stadium it also housed the philadelphia eagles (NFL)

Hilldale Field - Hilldale Park
Location: Darby, PA, just outside of Philadelphia.

This field used to host the Hilldale Field Club, which was taken over by Ed Bolden in 1911. He turned the team pro under a new name; the Hilldale Baseball and Exhibition Co., also known as the Hilldale Daisies. Bolden formed the Eastern Colored League to compete with Rube Foster鈥檚 Negro National League