LaSalle Lions 1976 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 I was looking at a website that talks about the evolution of college team colors. For example, Syracuse University colors were pink and green, until they decided on orange. Are there any high schools in Indiana that had the same evolution. I'm not talking about schools consolidating. Did any high school starts with one set of school colors then change sometime in their history. Inquiring minds want to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDGiant93 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) BD has been purple and white for as long as I can remember. There's even a letter sweater from the 1920's that has a purple BD in our gym display case. Edited January 13, 2021 by BDGiant93 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DT Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) Lowell used to be all red and white and now they have a lot of black in their unis. https://www.google.com/search?q=lowell+red+devil+uniforms&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS908US908&sxsrf=ALeKk01m8jBVn90b2CfOoSssCLkUrX1N5A:1610559846750&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=ZXXNVMtVNqpU3M%2Ch1-knwGjrBmPeM%2C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kSwGHceAKXG8xGIsmvgRBLVY65nlg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjb9rf8upnuAhWMKs0KHR2QByEQ9QF6BAgOEAE#imgrc=ZXXNVMtVNqpU3M Edited January 13, 2021 by DT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Dowell Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Columbus East- The powers that be back in the beginning liked the Cleveland Browns and USC Trojans. Hence the brown and orange uniforms. The school song is the USC tune . The school began in an Olympic year so they are called the Olympians. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshallCounty Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Bremen is Kelly Green and White, for a time had a gold trim, then had silver trim, now they have a black trim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payne Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Greenwood was blue and gold until the early 1970s then changed to green and gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 3 hours ago, LaSalle Lions 1976 said: I was looking at a website that talks about the evolution of college team colors. For example, Syracuse University colors were pink and green, until they decided on orange. Are there any high schools in Indiana that had the same evolution. I'm not talking about schools consolidating. Did any high school starts with one set of school colors then change sometime in their history. Inquiring minds want to know I know the PAC and BIG's colors had a VERY distinct yellow line that ran right down the middle of the back of the jerseys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose Liver Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Hobart had colors other than Purple and Gold back in the '20s. One of the old timers told me it was like Navy and Cream ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Warren Central used to be burnt orange and gold. The thinking was to pick a combination of two colors not used in the area. I am not certain when they changed to black and old gold though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impartial_Observer Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 8 hours ago, Coach Dowell said: Columbus East- The powers that be back in the beginning liked the Cleveland Browns and USC Trojans. Hence the brown and orange uniforms. The school song is the USC tune . The school began in an Olympic year so they are called the Olympians. And those brown pants were hideous 😄Not as bad as those faded gold things Martinsville always wore, but they were bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransplantedPanther Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Evansville Reitz used to use purple and orange. In the mid 1900s, they gave the colors to Evansville Lincoln high school, and adopted the colors of blue and grey. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana Fan Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 11 hours ago, Impartial_Observer said: And those brown pants were hideous 😄Not as bad as those faded gold things Martinsville always wore, but they were bad. Martinsville has always been red and blue, but wore Gold pants. Red helmets, red jerseys, gold pants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzoron Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 School colors for Hamilton Heights were originally Brown, White, and Tan. I'm not sure when they went to Orange, but I still sing the school song in my head " 'neath our colors brown white tan, loyal every fan, rah rah for HH high." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indian72 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 When SB St Joe opened in 1953 their colors were cadet blue and white. The football team until 1971 wore gold [ant, nay jersey, and got helmet Coach Teegarden in 1971 change them to columbia blue, white, and - the 1st road game with red numbers shocked many AT one time they had Columbia Blue pants When the new school building opened - black became the accent color They have Carolina Blue helmets, back ones, and now white They also have black pants and jerseys I wish they would be more like North Carolina and show their true school colors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimeqb Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 I believe Evansville Reitz Memorial started out as simply "Catholic" high school and wore green/gold. They were known as the Fighting Irish - the colors and nickname both shared with Notre Dame as homage to the Brothers of the Holy Cross who founded the school. Name and color change happened in the early 1930's, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolvesOnTheProwl Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Not an official historian but at Mishawaka the colors used to be maroon, yellow, and white. My sophomore year (1993 season) they went away from the yellow and used just maroon and white. Not sure how long they had yellow but when I was younger and attended games I remember yellow being a part of the uniforms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muda69 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 I don't mind if a high school decides to change it's colors, but what does bug me is this move to more 'accent' type colors in athletic uniforms. For example you have a school whose colors are Blue and White, full stop. Why do you have some uniforms with a significant amount of black or gray in them? Because it looks cool? Black, grey, and red seems to be the big offenders here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteEstonia Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 6 hours ago, Muda69 said: I don't mind if a high school decides to change it's colors, but what does bug me is this move to more 'accent' type colors in athletic uniforms. For example you have a school whose colors are Blue and White, full stop. Why do you have some uniforms with a significant amount of black or gray in them? Because it looks cool? Black, grey, and red seems to be the big offenders here. Can you show us an example of a uniform with "accent" colors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 49 minutes ago, DanteEstonia said: Can you show us an example of a uniform with "accent" colors? I THINK this is what he means....East Noble's colors are blue and yellow, like you see on the helmet. They also have gray jerseys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muda69 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 44 minutes ago, Irishman said: I THINK this is what he means....East Noble's colors are blue and yellow, like you see on the helmet. They also have gray jerseys. Exactly, thank you for the example. Hideous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimeqb Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Muda69 said: I don't mind if a high school decides to change it's colors, but what does bug me is this move to more 'accent' type colors in athletic uniforms. For example you have a school whose colors are Blue and White, full stop. Why do you have some uniforms with a significant amount of black or gray in them? Because it looks cool? Black, grey, and red seems to be the big offenders here. I agree with you on this. I would like to blame Under Armour as they are one of the biggest abusers of the alternate jersey colors. But the blame probably falls to Nike and Oregon for the multiple jersey/pant combos. I think they were the originators. Edited January 16, 2021 by oldtimeqb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gipper Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 28 minutes ago, oldtimeqb said: I agree with you on this. I would like to blame Under Armour as they are one of the biggest abusers of the alternate jersey colors. But the blame probably falls to Nike and Oregon for the multiple jersey/pant combos. I think they were the originators. A lot of jerseys the Ducks wear look like they were washed in anti-freeze. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
region Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Crown Point, strictly red and white today, used to use a more maroon and powder blue color combo in the 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 11 hours ago, Muda69 said: Exactly, thank you for the example. Hideous. My alma mater (Lake Central) does this too. It is up to them and their community, but I like simple, old fashioned uniforms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 47 minutes ago, region said: Crown Point, strictly red and white today, used to use a more maroon and powder blue color combo in the 80s. When I coached at CP (07-11), I always loved our simple, clean uniforms. As seen above. Red tops. White pants. Or white on white. Coach Pettit had a fun little thing. For trophy games, we would bring out the red pants. The kids really liked it and rallied behind it. They knew it was a big deal to be wearing those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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