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When Cowan Field opened in 1949, the 2nd Infantry
Division football team was first to christen it and reeled off 16
straight victories being crowned Sixth Army Champions in a game played
in Hawaii.
Key Players for 1949:
Louis Grzadzielewski - DE ( later Univ. Puget Sound
1953 Inspirational Award Winner, All-Evergreen Conference 1st Team All
Star)
Lt. Tom A. Lombardo, former West Pointer captained the
undefeated 1944 Army National Championship team, was transferred to Fort
Lewis' 38th Division and handed the team in 1949 after coaching the 1948
First Cavalry Team.
Lombardo was deployed to Korea where he fell Sept
24, 1950. On November 17, 1962 the football field at Yongsan
Reservation, Seoul Korea was designated Lombardo Field by the US Army
Seoul Area Command.
In 2009 Lombardo, a St. Louis native and 4-year
starter for Soldan High School, was inducted into the Missouri Sports
Hall of Fame.
Coach Lt. Tom Lombardo
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