Sports Talk: Green Terror Sports Across the Decades

Hey guys!

Today, there was an alumni panel on sports across McDaniel. I learned some interesting facts.

• The first sport at McDaniel was Club Swinging.
• This sport was started by William Roberts McDaniel, our namesake. Since he ran that, and later, bicycling, he was kind of like our first athletic director.
• The second sport was bicycling. They used Penny-Farthings.
• In our first gym, you had to run 34 laps to run a mile. It was considered the best gym in Maryland at the time.
• We lost our first football game in 1891 to Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg.) The score was 0-64.
• We won our second football game in 1891 against Pennsylvania College. The score was 61-0.
• The name “Green Terrors” came about because our football team wasn’t green at all–they were like terrors when they came running down the field!

I’m not much of a sports person, but I really enjoyed hearing about more McDaniel history and seeing the alumni.

Ema