The Concord High School football team gets in a workout this week for Friday night’s game at Webb Field. It will be the first Spiders varsity football game played there since 1966
Youngsters gather their gear during football practice at Webb Field in Concord in this undated photo. The athletic stadium at Concord High School was built in the 1920s and renovated in 1935. Concord city officials recently asked the Cabarrus County board of education to sell the 8.4-acre property, located at 147 Academy St. in Concord, to the city. The site includes several buildings and other improvements made by the city during the last 65 years.
The athletic stadium at Concord High School was named for principal and Cabarrus County Schools superintendent Dr. A.S. Webb in the 1920s. Visiting teams were said to be entering “the spider’s Webb.” The name stuck. Webb Field was renovated in time for the football opener in September 1935, in which Concord defeated Charlotte Central, 49-12. Concord High football teams played at Webb Field through the 1966 season until the opening of the new high school on Burrage Road. The baseball teams played at Webb Field for another 25 years. The facility once featured a grandstand, as shown in this undated photo, and played host to minor-league baseball with the Concord Weavers in the 1930s and 1940s.
Young women gather behind home plate to watch a baseball game at Webb Field in Concord. The home team appears to be the Concord Weavers’ pro baseball team. This is a clipped photo from a film by H. Lee Water, who made “Movies of Local People” in the 1930s and 1940s. The 23-minute film is available online at DigitalNC.org.
The Concord High School football team gets in a workout this week for Friday night’s game at Webb Field. It will be the first Spiders varsity football game played there since 1966
Youngsters gather their gear during football practice at Webb Field in Concord in this undated photo. The athletic stadium at Concord High School was built in the 1920s and renovated in 1935. Concord city officials recently asked the Cabarrus County board of education to sell the 8.4-acre property, located at 147 Academy St. in Concord, to the city. The site includes several buildings and other improvements made by the city during the last 65 years.
The athletic stadium at Concord High School was named for principal and Cabarrus County Schools superintendent Dr. A.S. Webb in the 1920s. Visiting teams were said to be entering “the spider’s Webb.” The name stuck. Webb Field was renovated in time for the football opener in September 1935, in which Concord defeated Charlotte Central, 49-12. Concord High football teams played at Webb Field through the 1966 season until the opening of the new high school on Burrage Road. The baseball teams played at Webb Field for another 25 years. The facility once featured a grandstand, as shown in this undated photo, and played host to minor-league baseball with the Concord Weavers in the 1930s and 1940s.
Young women gather behind home plate to watch a baseball game at Webb Field in Concord. The home team appears to be the Concord Weavers’ pro baseball team. This is a clipped photo from a film by H. Lee Water, who made “Movies of Local People” in the 1930s and 1940s. The 23-minute film is available online at DigitalNC.org.
