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Orange Blooded [2989]
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I think in the 1970's, the purple was used less...
Jun 25, 2017, 3:46 PM
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in football around the Hootie Ingram / Red Parker era starting in 1972, with the introduction of the white, now iconic Tiger Paw logo, maybe in athletics in general (kind of turned to a navy blue in basketball in the 1980's), but appeared again later on academic stationary.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRbE0_pW2cdKR-7B5BwZFU0vTR5VTGekWHOJvOflwdmjPjTEcBw
http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/forward-elden-campbell-of-the-clemson-tigers-shoots-the-ball-during-a-picture-id298015
One might remember that the donor athletic paper was named the Orange and White during that period. Most people seemed to like that better. When I was a kid, I don't remember the North and the South Stands yelling "Orange" and "Regalia" back and forth. *L*
However, I do remember around the time of the Clemson Centennial in 1989 that the president at the time Max Lennon, unveiled a new banner similar to this one:
http://clemson.bncollege.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/18x24_Rafter_Banner/ProductDisplay?parentCatId=40364&imageId=980446&level=&graphicId=RV150818&categoryId=40414&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&storeId=13558&productId=400000085667&topCatId=40350
It brought back the purple briefly, as did the athletic department during the Tommy Bowden era, in the early 2000's with purple unis and pants. Don't really miss the purple pants as I recall.
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The Navy blue phase was a dark time
Jun 25, 2017, 3:50 PM
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90s was it? I remember the paw on Jervey was outlined in navy blue until maybe the mid 2000s
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Orange Blooded [2989]
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*L* I think the navy was used more in other sports,
Jun 25, 2017, 4:04 PM
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maybe away uniforms? I know the block C baseball cap often worn by Danny Ford looked like it had a navy blue outline perhaps? I had one and it looked navy around the edge.
Well, I guess part the 1990's was a kind of a dark time, especially in football. *LOL* That was the Barnes era in basketball though.
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Legend [16136]
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Nike brought the Purple back as a marketing ploy to sell
Jun 25, 2017, 3:59 PM
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more Gameday gear...Now there are 3 official Coaches sidelines shirts where before there were only two
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Pell introduced the two purple stripes on the helmet in '77.***
Jun 25, 2017, 4:11 PM
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CU Medallion [67827]
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RePell introduced the two purple stripes on the helmet in'77
Jun 25, 2017, 8:22 PM
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He did but back then I think it was navy. Purple later but a great addition
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All-In [40932]
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I'm not sure I knew purple was a school color
Jun 25, 2017, 4:14 PM
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when I was a student from '85-'89. I believe I thought our school colors were orange and white. Navy blue was added it too.
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The School colors in the 80's WERE O&W, at least in
Jun 25, 2017, 4:16 PM
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execution
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Legend [17774]
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The School colors in the 80's WERE O&W&NAVY
Jun 25, 2017, 5:32 PM
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Maybe not on uniforms but for Clemson,gear in bookstore, Knickerbockers, etc...lots of Navy.
And it was a dark time for clothing, pun intended.
These days I think regalia/purple is bad @ss, and we shoukd have some bold striping on our football uniforms.
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Re: I'm not sure I knew purple was a school color
Jun 25, 2017, 8:11 PM
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I have a 1974 pamphlet that says "students to wear the school colors of orange and white and purple to the games"... but it seems orange and white were the main colors, like they are now... look at the size of that tiger paw on that helmet!
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All-In [30829]
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The purple was brought back during the Hatfield era, not Bowden
Jun 25, 2017, 4:29 PM
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We used the purple jerseys during the 1991 NC state game and the citrus bowl that year against Cal.
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I still have a #24 "Terry Smith" purple jersey
Jun 25, 2017, 7:08 PM
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somewhere
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Orange Blooded [2989]
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You are correct. I had forgotten about that Citrus Bowl
Jun 25, 2017, 7:59 PM
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The purple unis had white paws on the shoulder pads like the orange ones, and white pants.
I guess we just saw the purple more under Bowden.
And ouch, Clemson got throttled by Cal in that game.
I guess my point was the purple disappeared mainly because of the white paw. I had put that together looking at the '72 photos. I think more white was to further accent the new logo.
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Orange Blooded [2989]
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I need 4 thumbs to get to over the 2700 hump.
Jun 25, 2017, 8:38 PM
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Help a Tiger out.
No thumbs for all of this? *L*
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Re: I need 4 thumbs to get to over the 2700 hump.
Jun 25, 2017, 10:28 PM
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There you go
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Orange Blooded [2989]
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Thanks, hoss.***
Jun 25, 2017, 11:04 PM
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