Burnt Orange

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T-TownVol

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Can any one tell me where the color burnt orange came from?
Here is a hint: it is football related
 
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Maybe no one cares. As an old athletic rag salesman, I think it is an interesting story though.
Answer at half time, unless someone gets it sooner.
 
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For almost thirty years, UT athletic teams wore bright orange on their uniforms, which usually faded to a yellow by the end of the season after having been washed a few times. By the 1920s, other college teams sometimes called the Longhorn squads "yellow bellies," a term that didn't sit well with the athletic department. In 1928, UT football coach Clyde Littlefield ordered uniforms in a darker shade of orange that wouldn't fade, and would later become known as "burnt orange" or "Texas orange." The dark-orange color remained in use until part-way though the Great Depression in the 1930s, when the dye became too expensive. UT uniforms were bright orange for another two decades, until coach Darrell Royal revised the burnt orange color in the early 1960s
 
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pattiycake said:
For almost thirty years, UT athletic teams wore bright orange on their uniforms, which usually faded to a yellow by the end of the season after having been washed a few times. By the 1920s, other college teams sometimes called the Longhorn squads "yellow bellies," a term that didn't sit well with the athletic department. In 1928, UT football coach Clyde Littlefield ordered uniforms in a darker shade of orange that wouldn't fade, and would later become known as "burnt orange" or "Texas orange." The dark-orange color remained in use until part-way though the Great Depression in the 1930s, when the dye became too expensive. UT uniforms were bright orange for another two decades, until coach Darrell Royal revised the burnt orange color in the early 1960s
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I'm so proud of you... :cray:
 
#10
#10
Its not a "true" orange, but orange none the less tonight.

"Hook em" boys!, "Hook em".
 
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pattiycake said:
For almost thirty years, UT athletic teams wore bright orange on their uniforms, which usually faded to a yellow by the end of the season after having been washed a few times. By the 1920s, other college teams sometimes called the Longhorn squads "yellow bellies," a term that didn't sit well with the athletic department. In 1928, UT football coach Clyde Littlefield ordered uniforms in a darker shade of orange that wouldn't fade, and would later become known as "burnt orange" or "Texas orange." The dark-orange color remained in use until part-way though the Great Depression in the 1930s, when the dye became too expensive. UT uniforms were bright orange for another two decades, until coach Darrell Royal revised the burnt orange color in the early 1960s
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This is a partial correct answer. When Coach Royal brought back the burnt orange in 1962, he used a particular object to come up with the current shade of orange.
Hint: you can not play a game of football without it
 
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T-TownVol said:
This is a partial correct answer. When Coach Royal brought back the burnt orange in 1962, he used a particular object to come up with the current shade of orange.
Hint: you can not play a game of football without it
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It's the color of a football back in 1962? :dunno:
 
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Texas ran the wishbone offense, Royal sent a football to the company that made his uniforms and they matched the color as best they could so that the other team would have a hard time picking up which of the four backs had the ball.

How is that for meaningless trivia?
 
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pattiycake said:
For almost thirty years, Texas athletic teams wore bright orange on their uniforms, which usually faded to a yellow by the end of the season after having been washed a few times. By the 1920s, other college teams sometimes called the Longhorn squads "yellow bellies," a term that didn't sit well with the athletic department. In 1928, Texas football coach Clyde Littlefield ordered uniforms in a darker shade of orange that wouldn't fade, and would later become known as "burnt orange" or "Texas orange." The dark-orange color remained in use until part-way though the Great Depression in the 1930s, when the dye became too expensive. Texas uniforms were bright orange for another two decades, until coach Darrell Royal revised the burnt orange color in the early 1960s
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fyp...I know you copied and pasted but I didn't like the use of "UT". We are UT, they are Texas :)
 
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:eek:hmy: I worked so hard googling, copying and pasting and you won?
Pleease bring back the squirrel!!
 
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