GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: New Athletics Website!

Monday, January 11, 2010

New Athletics Website!

Today, Grinnell College unveiled it's new website which included a new athletics site as well! Both are still technically "Under Construction" so there's plenty of work still to be done on each, but it's refreshing and exciting to say the least!

Check them out:

New College homepage

New Athletics site

The Honor G

The Honor G, the official emblem of Grinnell College athletics, was first used at the Iowa state track championship in 1892. Designed by Earnest "Skip" Atherton, class of 1895, the original Honor G consisted of a scarlet maltese cross with a black "I and "C" (for Iowa College) superimposed on the cross. Two years later in 1894, the "I" and "C" were replaced by a black gothic "G", and the modern day Honor G was born. The gothic "G", which was also used on letter sweaters and is now used on letter jackets, was replaced by an Old English "G" in the mid-1930's. After some protest, it was quickly changed back to the gothic "G", and it has remained unchanged since that time.