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Dallas Park and Recreation Department will officially name the newly renovated, regulation-size football field at Thurgood Marshall Park in memory of Earl “Coach” Thompson, founder and longtime coach of the Oak Cliff Redbird Raiders youth football organization. The field, rebuilt from a former practice area through a $2.4 million renovation, features new sod and irrigation, LED lighting, aluminum bleachers, an announcer’s booth, two scoreboards, accessible walkways, restrooms, and perimeter fencing.
Thompson, who spent more than four decades mentoring young athletes, was inducted into the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame and the Prairie View Interscholastic League Association Hall of Fame. His hometown of Conroe honored him with a designated “Earl Thompson Day.” He died earlier this year
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