Located in downtown Falmouth, the town athletic field was constructed in the late 1930s with assistance from the Work Projects Administration.[1][2] The facility was dedicated in 1952 in honor of Elmer E. "Guv" Fuller, longtime coach and athletic director at Falmouth's Lawrence High School.[3][4][5] Fuller, whose nickname referenced 1920s Massachusetts GovernorAlvan T. Fuller, had quarterbacked Falmouth's high school football team in 1905 and 1906. He returned to his alma mater in 1926, and remained a central figure in the town's athletic programs until his retirement in 1952.[6][7][8]
Falmouth's CCBL ballclub has called the field home since 1964, having previously played its home games at the Central Park field in Falmouth Heights.[9] In 2004, the baseball diamond at Guv Fuller Field was named in memory of longtime Commodores' volunteer Arnie Allen. Allen began his association with the Commodores as a seven-year-old bat boy, and remained with the club for 46 seasons, serving primarily as the team's equipment manager, and receiving the league's inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.[10][11][12] Aging and in need of significant upgrades,[13] the facility was awarded a field improvement grant from the Yawkey Foundation in 2006.[14][15] Another round of major upgrades began in 2018.[16][17]
Arnie Allen Diamond at Guv Fuller Field has hosted the CCBL all-star game festivities several times, including its first all-star game in 1966,[18] and its most recent in 2003.[19] The field has seen Falmouth claim six CCBL titles, including four consecutively from 1968 to 1971.[20][21] The ballpark has been the summertime home of dozens of future major leaguers such as Tino Martinez,[22]Darin Erstad,[23] and Jacoby Ellsbury.[24]
