University of Saskatchewan Rugby [Football] Team - Player Photos
- B-79
- Item
- 1914
Individual photographs of rugby team members, champions of Northern Saskatchewan, grouped. Names: Peter George Makaroff, James Stevenson Balfour, Ashley McIntosh Walker (mgr), C.F. Porter (capt), William Eliot Walker, Reuben John Haney, R.L. Shannon, M.L. Skinner, Charles McVicar Bayne, A.S. Bell, Arthur Lorne Silverson, Robert John (R.J.) Fyfe, Frederick J. Freer, J.D. Mitchell, Wallace B. Thomson, J.C. Scott, A.G. (Guy) Adamson, Robert Sifton Turriff.
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."