Editing Kyle Field (section)

===Beginning===
In the fall of 1904, [[Edwin Jackson Kyle]], an 1899 graduate of Texas A&M and professor of [[horticulture]], was named president of the General Athletics Association. Kyle wanted to secure and develop an athletic field to promote the school's athletics. Texas A&M was unwilling to provide funds, so Kyle fenced off a section of the southwest corner of campus that had been assigned to him for agricultural use.<ref>Perry, George Sessions. ''The Story of Texas A. and M.'', p.127.</ref> Using $650 of his own money, he purchased a covered [[grandstand]] from the [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]] fairgrounds and built wooden [[bleacher]]s to raise the [[seating capacity]] to 500 people.<ref>Perry, p.127</ref><ref name="Dethloff, Henry C. p.505">Dethloff, Henry C., ''A Centennial History of Texas A&M University, 1876-1976'', p.505.</ref>

On November 11, 1904, the Texas A&M Board of Directors set this area as a permanent athletic field,<ref>Minutes of the Board of Directors, November 10, 1904, I, 288.</ref> which served as the home for the football and baseball teams. After the stands were built, students supported naming the field after its founder and builder.<ref>Perry, p.128</ref> Accordingly, in 1906, the Corps of Cadets unofficially named the field "Kyle Field" in Kyle's honor.<ref name=Timeline/>

Though some sources suggest the November 21, 1921 game between the [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M Aggies]] and their archrival the [[Texas Longhorns football|University of Texas]] at Kyle Field became the first college football game to offer a live, play-by-play broadcast on radio,<ref name="schultz">{{cite web |last=Schultz|first=Charles R.|title=First Play-by-Play Radio Broadcast of a College Football Game|publisher=WTAW|url=http://www.wtaw.com/history.php|access-date=May 8, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111180739/http://www.wtaw.com/history.php |archive-date=November 11, 2006}}</ref> this claim is incorrect. The first live, play-by-play broadcast on radio of a college football game occurred October 8, 1921 at [[Forbes Field]] when [[KDKA (AM)|KDKA-AM]] broadcast a [[1921 West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh football game|Pittsburgh vs. West Virginia]] game.<ref>{{Cite web|title=College football history: Notable firsts and milestones {{!}} NCAA.com|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2020-01-31/college-football-history-notable-firsts-and-milestones|access-date=2021-04-25|website=www.ncaa.com|language=en}}</ref> The [[Texas Historical Commission]] installed a [[Texas Historical Commission#Historical Markers|historical marker]] at Kyle Field in 2005 indicating that, while it was not the first broadcast in the US, it is believed to be the first in Texas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Early Play-By-Play Radio Broadcast of a College Football Game Historical Marker|url=https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5041013065/print|access-date=2022-05-25|language=en}}</ref>