Jerry Von Mohr Practice Facility

The Jerry Von Mohr Practice Facility became the practice home for the University of Dayton football and
track teams when it was constructed in 2004.

Two important upgrades – artificial turf in 2021 and lights in 2022 – turned it into a facility that can be
used by every Flyer outdoor sport.

It is named for 1953 UD grad Jerry Von Mohr. Von Mohr was the acknowledged No. 1 fan of the Dayton
football team for more than 50 years. From 1949 to 2001, he attended all but two UD football games,
watching them all from a wheelchair, often at the 50-yard line.

Von Mohr, a Dayton native, had both of his legs amputated after an Army jeep he was riding in ran over
explosives in the Philippines. He returned to Dayton and eventually enrolled in the University of Dayton
in 1949. Football coach Harry Baujan gave Von Mohr a varsity letter — he was the first non-athlete to
receive one — at a pep rally in during his senior year in 1952.