University of Saskatchewan Huskies Football Team - Group Photo
- B-513
- Item
- 1938
Huskie football team standing on hash marks. Names: Duncan Grosch, A.C. (Colb) McEown (coach), J. Quinlan, Ronald Henry (Skipper) Hall, Gordon David Galbraith Howden, [Neil] McLeod, A. Lionel Laberge, Wallace Beatty Clark, McDonald [Russell Holmes Macdonald], Lloyd MacDonald Lockhart, D. George, Herbert Charles Pinder, William Adelbert Murphy, William John McPherson, Donald Storr, William Monteith Wilson, J.A. McQueen, Bent Border, Ronald Sinnot Graham, Jerry Matthew Smithwick, Edmund Higgin, Earle Wallace Bowman, Harold George (Bud) Weaver, George H. Brent, Bud Carson (trainer), John Clair Traynor, Al Gregory (mgr). Field and trees in background.
Bio/Historical Note: The colours green and white were chosen in 1910 by Reginald Bateman, a native of Ireland and the first English professor at the University of Saskatchewan. The name Huskies was included in an article in the 20 September 1932 Star-Phoenix: “The Varsity Stadium yesterday morning saw the advance guard of over twenty gridiron Huskies swing into action.” One of the earliest pictures of players wearing sweaters with ‘Huskies’ on them was the 1932-1933 Greystone yearbook, showing the men’s hockey team in uniforms with the new name. Women's teams were called "Huskiettes."