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3 Amazing Facts About the Alabama Crimson Tide History

The 3 things you may want to know about the Alabama Crimson Tide football are: the history of the name; the history of the elephant; and the history of the football tradition.

The Crimson Tides, Alabama’s premiere athletic program, boasts a great gaming history.
Upon foundation up to the present, the team has on the top consistently.
Read on To know more amazing facts about this respected sports team.

The history of the name

Early records of the Alabama football says that the team before was called the “crimson whites” in connection with their team color. The Crimson tides was believed to be coined by at the time sports editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald, Hugh Roberts. It was used to describe the game between Alabama vs Auburn in 1907 that was played in a field of mud, in which Auburn was highly favored to win. However, the Crimson Whites, also know by that time as the ” The Thin Red Line”, played a good game , evening the scored at 6-6. Thus, adopting the name the “The Crimson Tides”.

The history of the elephant

How the elephant became the team symbol of the Alabama Crimson Tides date back to 1930s, when Wallace wade was their coach. Sports writer for the Atlanta Journal, Everett Strupper wrote a very descriptive article about the game between Alabama and Mississippi in Tuscaloosa. He described the team’s manner of playing under Wallace as powerful, aggressive, tough, and has the best blocking team for football that season. He added: “that by the end of the quarter the earth began to tremble” and he included the screams of the fans “hold your horses, the elephants are coming “. From then on, the sports writers continue to refer the Alabama as the “red elephants”, from their style of playing and the color of their football jerseys.

The history of football tradition

The celebrated Alabama Crimson Tide football was founded at 1892. The team already had a great record from the beginning, 116-53-16 for the first 30 years. The first time it had a game from the north was with the University of Pennsylvania, in which they won it 9-7. Paul Bryant was said to be their most valuable coach, leading them to additional victories throughout his 25 years of leadership. The Crimson Tide’s greatest rival in almost every sport are the Auburn Tigers, in which they refused to play against for 41 years. For the record, the Crimson Tides has secured 21 SEC championships, 30 ten win seasons, played 53 bowl games and won 30 of them.

All the hard for for their games paid-off, and both the Crimson Tide athletes and fans take pride of their team enthusiasm.

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