Playing fields within easy reach of dormitories have long been a special feature of Princeton undergraduate life. They have increased in number with the growth of student enrollment and moved southward and eastward as new dormitories were erected. Among the first were Brokaw Field (1893) in memory of Frederick Brokaw 1892; Goldie Field (1912) in honor of George Goldie, first coach of gymnastics and track; and Poe Field (1916) named for John Prentiss Poe 1895, a football hero who was killed in France in 1915 while serving with the Black Watch. Other fields have been named for Paul Bedford 1897, charter trustee; Tyler Campbell '43, lacrosse star who died in World War II; William J. Clarke, who coached thirty-four varsity baseball teams; the Class of 1895; John M. T. Finney 1884, charter trustee; Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen '04; Archibald A. Gulick 1897, charter trustee; Ario Pardee 1897, Herbert Bradley Sexton 1865; and John Kelley Strubing '20, a baseball star.
From Alexander Leitch, A Princeton Companion, copyright Princeton
University Press (1978).
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