The Tiger Princetoniana
By A Mystery Man Writer
Description
Of the many American schools, colleges, universities and professional sports teams with tiger mascots, including the University of Missouri, Louisiana State and Clemson, Princeton is the oldest and reportedly the first to adopt the tiger nickname. Football players of the early 1880s started to wear orange and black stripes on their stockings, je
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1953: Princeton Tiger Paws
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Weekend Update: A PHS Alumnus Returns to Princeton -- Bringing a
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Tiger Inn Princetoniana Museum
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Tigers Princetoniana
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Princeton University Archives — Tiger Tuesday: Program for the
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Princeton University Archives — Tiger Tuesday: This tiger
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News — Princeton Club of Hilton Head Scott Foster Chapter
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