GRINNELL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Nice Article in the Minor League Sports Report

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Nice Article in the Minor League Sports Report

Head Coach Jeff Pedersen '02 was recently featured in the Minor League Sports Report. The article does a nice job highlighting some or our philosophies, check it out:

http://minorleaguesportsreport.com/index.php/jeff-pedersen-bringing-roller-coaster-to-end-for-grinnell-pioneers/

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.