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David Tenneson's avatar

Very interesting distinction between major and minor sports. Golf was considered a minor sports at most schools well into the 1920s, but some gave out letters for winning the Intercollegiate Championship. Did football award numerals for freshman team players?

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Until the 1920s, yearbooks often had separate sections for major, minor, and class sports. Freshman team members often received a sweater with their graduating class in place of a letter or numerals. See this post for example: https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/todays-tidbit-class-football-team

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Joseph Kirschner's avatar

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. Cornell published details on the different Cs for football, crew, track, baseball and minor sports so they would be adhered to closely. You can see some of it on the link below. Happy to share more on iyellcornell.com

Wearers of The ‘C’ - https://www.iyellcornell.com/highlights#comp-l0tvblbz

I am really enjoying Football Archaeology. Thanks!

Joe

iyellcornell.com

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