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The Indian head symbol unofficially represented Dartmouth athletics for over a century. In response to student protests, the College officially banned the use of the symbol in 1970.
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Skiing has played a pivotal role in Dartmouth’s history. The women’s ski team was one of the first female athletic teams created by the College.
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After graduating from Dartmouth in 1883, Champion James Waring went on to become a successful Chiago lawyer and opened his own firm.
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“Dartmouth is noted for the loyalty of its alumni group. Part of that loyalty stems from fall afternoons in the stands at Memorial Stadium, watching the games and cheering the teams playing against a backdrop of vivid hills decked in autumn colors.”
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The social impact men like Matthew Bullock helped to create lasted long after they had hung up their cleats. After graduating from Dartmouth and Harvard, Bullock spent the next 50 years advocating for prison reform and racial equity.
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In addition to being the first African American to play on the Dartmouth football team, Matthew Bullock also sang in the Glee Club and was the Associate Editor of the Aegis.
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For a person of color in the early 1900s, participating in white dominated sports was dangerous. Matthew Bullock, Class of 1904, experienced racial violence on and off the field during a football game against Princeton in 1903.
