Episode 1: Why Are We Gamecocks?

Contributors

Horn Chris, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Elizabeth West, University of South Carolina - Columbia

Description

Of all the mascots the University of South Carolina might have chosen, how did the gamecock — a feisty bird that relishes a scuffle — get the nod? It all goes back to the aftermath of a football game in 1902 in which Carolina students nearly came to deadly blows with their in-state rival.

Publication Date

2-3-2020

City

Columbia, SC

Keywords

University of South Carolina, gamecocks

Disciplines

History

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