St. Ignatius basketball team 1927
Identifier |
Centennial_00134 |
Title |
St. Ignatius basketball team 1927 |
Creator |
Unknown |
Date Created |
1927 |
Subject (Topic) |
Basketball players--California--San Franscisco; Basketball teams--California--San Francisco |
Subject (Name) |
Jesuits--California--San Francisco; St. Ignatius College (San Francisco, Calif.)--Basketball; Maloney, Jack; Rittore, Henry; Keane, Jack; Daugherty, Edward; Watson, Charlie; Casassa, Charles; Lynch, Don; Smith, Phil; Maher, William; Looney, Jack; Smith, Harry; Tyrell, Jimmy; O'Connor, Laurence; McCormick, Joe; McDonald, Rolph |
Type |
Image |
Form/Genre |
Photographs |
Physical Description |
1 photograph: black and white; 22 x 27 cm. |
Institution |
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University |
Country of Creation |
US |
Copyright Statement |
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/ |
Copyright Holder |
Loyola Marymount University |
Collection Identifier |
Loyola Marymount University Archives |
Item/Call Number |
Photographic prints 3D |
Description |
A black-and-white photograph of the St. Ignatius basketball team arranged in 3 rows in front of a tall fence. From handwriting on back of photograph, standing in the back row are Jack Maloney, Henry Rittore, Jack Keane, J. Daugherty, Charlie Watson, and Charlie Casassa; kneeling in the second row are Don Lynch, Phil Smith, William Maher, and Jack Looney; sitting in the front row are Harry Smith, Jimmy Tyrell, Captain Laurence "Red" O'Connor, Joe McCormick, and Rolph McDonald. They are wearing team jerseys. |
Historical Background |
Saint Ignatius Academy was founded in 1855 and became St. Ignatius College in 1859. The college adopted green and gold as their colors in 1927, the same year the basketball team were city champions. Their mascot was originally known as the "Grey Fog" and became the San Francisco Dons in 1932. Charlie Casassa, pictured in the back row, later joined the Jesuit order and became the tenth President of Loyola University. He was not only a great campus builder but also was the principal mover behind the affiliation and eventual merger with Marymount College. Fr. Casassa, S.J. served the university for over forty years. |
Additional Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
Metacollection Identifier |
http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ |
Project note |
Centennial |
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