In article <[log in to unmask]>,
Kurt Stutt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>Uncle Sams (Samuel Wilson, who lived and is buried in Troy, was
>Uncle Sam.  Too stupid.  Great mascot, though, and if the U.S. gets
>into another war, the visibility will skyrocket from the recruitment
>posters.)
>
>Trojans (Actual name for people who live in Troy.  Mascot, of
>course, is a huge condom.  This satisfies the right-to-lifers, AIDS
>activists and medical professionals.  Just don't expect the Pope to pay
>a visit.)
>
I just have to add this: Believe it or not, there was a team
that played in the RPI Fieldhouse in the 1952-53 season named
the Troy Uncle Sam Trojans. Perhaps the most unwieldly name of
them all. And seeing how the team rarely drew over 1500, perhaps
this name would not suit the Engineers well either.
 
Ralph
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