Yeah, I would need something more official. That is just the website owner passing on the myth in my opinion. It is sort of like finding it in wikipedia.
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Yeah, I would need something more official. That is just the website owner passing on the myth in my opinion. It is sort of like finding it in wikipedia.
That same year, 1957, the Amory was the site of a famous showdown between two first team All Americans, the 7' sophomore sensation from KU, Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain, and ISU senior Gary Thompson, the "Roland Rocket":
Gary Thompson, Roland, 1967 | The Des Moines Register | DesMoinesRegister.com
1957 AP All American team with TV star Ed Sullivan:
The website owner is Iowa State University. Like cyclones.com is today, that is from what used to be the official site.
As previously noted, I'm not sure whether the same information is available at cyclones.com today. I didn't check. I knew where to look because I have posted this information before.
But that was the official Iowa State athletics site, until about 2002 it looks like, just as official as the newer site, cyclones.com, is today.
It would be interesting if you check and find out something else.
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If it is true, it isn't apparent from write ups about the seasons and teams in the year books. Plus, again, a team named the cardinals that had colors black, gold, and silver??? I think not. If the ISU website is saying it then my guess is they got caught in this myth. Sometimes they can be taken and propagated as truth. Any 90 year old fanatics want to chime in on this?
Per my revised post, please check. I am going with what it used to say on the official ISU athletic site until I hear something more definitive.
Again, I would be interested in a definitive source. On the school colors also. Most photos in the oldest Bombs I've ever seen would have been in black in white.
Until you post something authoritative I have no reason to believe your claims.
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They were told to look everywhere but at the camera, and second row, second from the left was coming out of the closet at the time lol.
Oh, I am not asking anyone to believe anything. I am simply stating that the old year books do not mention the "cardinals" that i have found. They are in the library and I have read a lot of them. They do mention school colors of silver and gold. Eventually cardinal and gold but I'd have to go back to see when that change happens. My OPINION based on a lot of historical readings and not Internet which is heavily influenced by propagated myth, is that we were never refered to as cardinals.
That might be easy to check for anyone with access to a university library newspaper database, or microfiche. It might say somewhere in some of the articles. I think that Northwestern story about the "cyclone" was a boldface headline in the Chicago Tribune, like the lead story, so perhaps it says there. I think I've seen photos of that story (but maybe not). But 1895 was a long time ago so there may not be a lot of source material.
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FYI, the 1894 and 1895 Bombs are available on line (it was first published in 1893):
iowa state bomb - Google Search
See the first search result.
Indeed it says near the front of the 1895 Bomb that the Colors were gold, silver and black. Scrolling very quickly through I didn't see the name Cardinal. But I scrolled pretty quickly, and that is the presumably the last year they were called that, if they were.
Bombs for other years are available at e-yearbooks.com (lower down in the Google search). Without paying a fee though it looks like all you can see are thumbnails of the pages.
iowa state bomb - Google Search
See the first search result.
Indeed it says near the front of the 1895 Bomb that the Colors were gold, silver and black. Scrolling very quickly through I didn't see the name Cardinal. But I scrolled pretty quickly, and that is the presumably the last year they were called that, if they were.
Links at that same ISU page have more about ISU traditions.
Bombs for other years are available at e-yearbooks.com (lower down in the Google search). Without paying a fee though it looks like all you can see are thumbnails of the pages.
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Iowa State University Alumni Association - Cardinal and Gold
a site with lots of primary sources about our school colors. At the time we became the cyclones our colors were still black, gold, and silver. The quote about how we got the colors is really interesting:
May 15, 1891: "The college colors are thought by all to be a wise choice and the committee deserve our praise...The first, a Silver denoting the mechanical department on which is engraved the violet colors the letters, "I.A.C." Next Yellow signifying the golden harvest which is claimed by the generals. Last, Black, denoting death, assigned to the Vet Department who kill but never cure."
a site with lots of primary sources about our school colors. At the time we became the cyclones our colors were still black, gold, and silver. The quote about how we got the colors is really interesting:
May 15, 1891: "The college colors are thought by all to be a wise choice and the committee deserve our praise...The first, a Silver denoting the mechanical department on which is engraved the violet colors the letters, "I.A.C." Next Yellow signifying the golden harvest which is claimed by the generals. Last, Black, denoting death, assigned to the Vet Department who kill but never cure."
