UNCP Football

[The Cats]

UNCP unveils ‘classic’ football uniforms for 2007

With considerable fanfare, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke showcased its new football uniforms for the first time on Wednesday, November 15.

http://www.uncp.edu/news/2006/images/football_uniforms_helmet.jpg


“It’s a classic,” said Mac Campbell, a 1968 graduate, former UNCP trustee and donor to the First and Ten Campaign for Football and Athletic Excellence. “I’m really excited about seeing them on the field in 2007.”

“I think it’s in keeping with University history and traditions,” said Buddy Bell, a 1958 graduate and former athlete.

The uniform displays the Braves’ logo prominently on the jersey sleeve, pants and helmet. “BRAVES” is emblazoned on the chest, and “UNCP” is on the back of the jersey.

http://www.uncp.edu/news/2006/images/football_uniform_1.jpg

An historical American Indian University, UNCP recently had to prove to the NCAA that it had the right to be the Braves. Several athletic programs across the nation were forced by the college sports’ governing body to abandon American Indian mascots and logos.

The new uniform, sporting an Adidas logo and manufactured by the NFL’s leading uniform maker, proves that the Braves are back on the football field after more than 50 years.

Jesse Oxendine, who quarterbacked for the Braves in the early 1950s, gave the uniforms his blessing.

“I really like them,” Oxendine said. “They’re a real improvement on the leather helmets we wore.”

Helping to unveil the new gear in the lobby of the English E. Jones Athletic Center were more than 100 fans, football players, the Spirit of the Carolinas Marching Band, Cheerleaders and mascot.

Chancellor Allen C. Meadors said, “the clock is ticking” on UNCP football.

“This is another step in an exciting journey,” he said. “Next year at this time, we will be getting ready for our second season. So, we’re on the same timetable as every other football team in the nation.”


http://www.uncp.edu/news/2006/images/football_uniform_2.jpg
Away Football Uniform


Coach Pete Shinnick said the uniform was designed to reflect the Braves’ tradition.

“We’re proud of our University, and we’re proud to be the Braves,” Shinnick said. “So, we designed a uniform to prominently display the Braves’ logo. Home and away, people are going to know who we are.

“It’s a great quality uniform and a great design,” the head coach said. “We wanted something unique, something our own, and that’s what we got.”

The uniforms feature black pants for home games and gold for away games. The helmet is gold, and the lettering on the jersey is black trimmed in gold.

UNCP opens its season with Davidson College on September 1 and plays its first home game on Lumbee Guaranty Bank Field against Greensboro College on September 8. The field house for Braves’ football is under construction.

For more information about Braves Football, please contact the Athletic Department at 910.521.6227 or email [email protected].

For information about season tickets or joining the First and Ten Campaign for Football and Athletic Excellence, please call the Office for Advancement or email [email protected].

[gophoenix]

Word has it that they'll be I-AA in a few years.

[coastalalum]

the geography works.....welcome to the big south???

[89Hen]

An historical American Indian University, UNCP...
Great, the AGS, SN, Coaches, Mid-Major, Sheridan and now the HAIU poll? :p

[OL FU]

Originally Posted by The Cats
An historical American Indian University, UNCP...


Great, the AGS, SN, Coaches, Mid-Major, Sheridan and now the HAIU poll?

I went like :eyebrow: also.

I wonder what criteria is required to be a HAICU?

[OL FU]

I went like :eyebrow: also.

I wonder what criteria is required to be a HAICU?

I couldn't get anything on Google

[Sly Fox]

I remember hearing the school was established for a tribe of native Americans and it still maintains a majority of American Indians in its student body. It has a national reputation for this distinction in the Native American community. I actually think its a cool distinction that they shouldn't be ashamed of in any form. They aren't asking for special privileges or to be "separate but equal" like some other schools.

As for the Big South, its's possible but not likely unless a certain school near the beach finally achieves their fantasy of SoCon membership.

[gophoenix]

The school was started for the Lumbee Indian Tribe to help educate them in in the South Central Coastal Plain. It used to be called Pembroke St.

[OL FU]

I did not mean disrepect. In Fact I was very interested. Thanks for the info

[89Hen]

Didn't Jim Thorpe play for a American Indian school?

[MplsBison]

Word has it that they'll be I-AA in a few years.

I guess if Asheville can afford DI, Pembroke can.

[OL FU]

I guess if Asheville can afford DI, Pembroke can.

What does that mean?

[MplsBison]

Neither Asheville nor Pembroke have a large enrollment, for a public school.

[The Cats]

Didn't Jim Thorpe play for a American Indian school?

http://www.cmgww.com/sports/thorpe/images/bio_pics/headshot.jpgDescribing Jim Thorpe as a great athlete would be doing him a severe injustice. A better description would be calling him the greatest athlete of the 20th Century. This label will probably be debated by many, but Thorpe's accomplishments speak louder than words. King Gustav V of Sweden told Thorpe: "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world."

James Francis Thorpe was born on May 28, 1887 in a one-room cabin near Prague, Oklahoma. Although there is much confusion on Thorpe's date of birth, this is the date according to his estate. He was born to Hiram Thorpe, a farmer, and Mary James, a Potawatomi Indian and descendent of the last great Sauk and Fox chief Black Hawk, a noted warrior and athlete. Jim was actually born a twin, but his brother Charlie died at the age of nine. His Indian name, Wa-Tho-Huk, translated to "Bright Path", something that Thorpe definitely had ahead of him.

In 1904, Thorpe started school at Carlisle Industrial Indian School in Pennsylvania. The establishment offered American Indians the opportunity to gain practical training in over 20 trades, in addition to off-campus employment at local farms, homes or industries. Thorpe began his athletic career at Carlisle, both playing football and running track. He was triumphantly selected as a third-team All-American in 1908, and in 1909 and 1910 he made the first team. Iconic football legend Glenn “Pop” Warner coached Thorpe at Carlisle and was able to see the young phenomenon evolve in his pursuant excellence with athletics.
At the tender age of 24, Thorpe sailed with the American Olympic team to Antwerp, Belgium for the 1912 Olympic Games. Remarkably, he trained aboard the ship on the journey across sea. He blew away the competition in both the pentathlon and the decathlon and set records that would stand for decades. King Gustav V presented Thorpe with his gold medals for both accomplishments. As stated in Bob Berontas’ “Jim Thorpe, Sac and Fox Athlete”: “Before Thorpe could walk away, the king grabbed his hand and uttered the senta3ence that was to follow for the rest of his life. ‘Sir,’ he declared, ‘you are the greatest athlete in the world,’ Thope, never a man to stand on ceremony, answered simple and honestly, ‘Thanks King.’”

Thorpe’s glorious Olympic wins were jeopardized in 1913 when it came out that he played two semi-professional seasons of baseball. The Olympics Committee had strict rules about Olympians receiving monetary compensation for participating in professional athletics. Thorpe, who stated he played for the love of the game and not the money, was put under the microscope. Ultimately, it was decided that his baseball experience adversely affected his amateur status in the track and field events. His name was removed from the record books and his gold medals were taken away.

Thorpe moved on after the Olympic ordeal and signed to play baseball for the New York Giants. He played outfield with New York for three seasons before relocating and playing with the Cincinnati Reds in 1917. He played 77 games with the Reds before finally returning to the Giants for an additional 26 games. In 1919 he played his final season in major league baseball, ending on the Boston Braves team.

During much of his baseball years, Thorpe was also immersed in professional football. He played for the Canton (Ohio) Bulldogs from 1915 until 1920 and the Cleveland Indiana in 1921. In the years following, he organized, coached and played with the Oorang Indians, a professional football team comprised completely of American Indians. Additionally, he was instrumental in forming g the American Professional Football Association, and eventually became the president of the group. Through the years, the association evolved into today’s NFL. In all, Thorpe played with six different teams during his career in pro football, ending with a stint with the Chicago Cardinals in 1929.
Life after professional athletics was exciting for Thorpe. He worked as an extra in movies, served as superintendent of recreation in the Chicago Park System and was also quite vocal with matters of Indian affairs. He also had stints as a public speaker/lecturer and even led an all-Indian song and dance troupe entitled “The Jim Thorpe Show.” The Merchant Marines even had the honor of Thorpe’s presence, as he served with beginning at age 58.

Two monumental honors were bestowed unto Thorpe in 1950 when he was named “the greatest American football player” and the “greatest overall male athlete” by the Associated Press.

Thorpe died on March 28, 1953 of a heart attack. The New York Times ran a front page story, remembering the athlete, stating that Thorpe “was a magnificent performer. He had all the strength, speed and coordination of the finest players, plus an incredible stamina. The tragedy of the loss of his Stockholm medals because of thoughtless and unimportant professionalism darkened much of his career and should have been rectified long ago. His memory should be kept for what it deserves--that of the greatest all-round athlete of our time.” Thorpe’s medals were finally restored to him posthumously in 1982. In addition, and most importantly to his family, his name was put back into the record books.

Thorpe had married three times and was blessed with eight children. In 1913, he married Iva Miller. Their first son, James Jr., died at age three from an influenza epidemic during World War I but their three daughters, Gail, Charlotte, and Grace, lived into the 1990s. He married Freeda Kirkpatrick in 1926 and they had four sons, Carl Phillip (deceased), William, Richard, and John (Jack). Jack Thorpe, the youngest, became principal chief of the Sauk and Fox in the 1980s. At the time of his death, Thorpe had been married to Patricia Askew for almost eight years.

In 1950, the nation's press selected Jim Thorpe as the most outstanding athlete of the first half of the 20th Century and in 1996-2001, he was awarded ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the C

[The Cats]

[/B]
I couldn't get anything on Google

On March 7, 1887 the General Assembly of North Carolina enacted legislation, sponsored by Representative Hamilton McMillan of Robeson County, creating the Croatan Normal School. The law, which was in response to a petition from the Indian people of the area, established a Board of Trustees and appropriated $500 to be used only for salaries. Local people constructed a building at a site about one mile west of the present location.

The school opened with 15 students and one teacher in the fall of 1887. The normal school was founded to train American Indian public school teachers. For many years, the instruction was at the elementary and secondary level, and the first diploma was awarded in 1905.

The school moved to its present location in Pembroke, the center of the Indian community, in 1909. The General Assembly changed the name of the institution in 1911 to the Indian Normal School of Robeson County, and again in 1913 to the Cherokee Indian Normal School of Robeson County. In 1926, the Board of Trustees added a two-year normal program beyond high school, and phased out elementary instruction. The first 10 diplomas were awarded in 1928, when the state accredited the school as a "standard normal school."

Additional college classes were offered beginning in 1931, and in 1939 a fourth year was added with the first degrees conferred in 1940. In recognition of its new status, the General Assembly changed the name of the school in 1941 to Pembroke State College for Indians. Until 1953 it was the only state-supported four-year college for Indians in the nation. The scope of the institution was widened in1942 when non-teaching baccalaureate degrees were added, and in 1945 when enrollment, previously limited to the Indians of Robeson County, was opened to people from all federally-recognized Indian groups. A few years later, in 1949, the General Assembly shortened the name to Pembroke State College.

The Board of Trustees approved the admission of white students up to 40 percent of the total enrollment in 1953 and, following the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision, opened the college to all qualified applicants without regard to race in 1954. Growth of over 500 percent followed during the next eight years. In 1969 the General Assembly changed the name again to Pembroke State University, and made the institution a regional university. Such universities were authorized "to provide undergraduate and graduate instruction in liberal arts, fine arts, and science, and in the learned professions, including teaching" and to "provide other graduate and undergraduate programs of instruction as are deemed necessary to meet the needs of their constituencies and of the state."

Three years later, in 1972, the General Assembly established the 16-campus University of North Carolina with Pembroke State University as one of the constituent institutions. The Board of Governors approved the implementation of master's programs in professional education at Pembroke State University in 1978, as well as several new undergraduate programs. Since that time, additional baccalaureate programs have been added, including nursing. Master's level programs have been implemented in business administration, public administration, school and Service Agency Counseling.

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke celebrated its centennial in 1987. On July 1, 1996, Pembroke State University officially became The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. In 2000, approval was granted for an undergraduate major in Applied Physics as well as four new master's of education programs in art, physical education, social studies and science. An Honors College, a multi-cultural center and the International Studies Program were established in 2000-2001.

[OL FU]

[/B]

On March 7, 1887 the General Assembly of North Carolina enacted legislation, sponsored by Representative Hamilton McMillan of Robeson County, creating the Croatan Normal School. The law, which was in response to a petition from the Indian people of the area, established a Board of Trustees and appropriated $500 to be used only for salaries. Local people constructed a building at a site about one mile west of the present location.

The school opened with 15 students and one teacher in the fall of 1887. The normal school was founded to train American Indian public school teachers. For many years, the instruction was at the elementary and secondary level, and the first diploma was awarded in 1905.

The school moved to its present location in Pembroke, the center of the Indian community, in 1909. The General Assembly changed the name of the institution in 1911 to the Indian Normal School of Robeson County, and again in 1913 to the Cherokee Indian Normal School of Robeson County. In 1926, the Board of Trustees added a two-year normal program beyond high school, and phased out elementary instruction. The first 10 diplomas were awarded in 1928, when the state accredited the school as a "standard normal school."

Additional college classes were offered beginning in 1931, and in 1939 a fourth year was added with the first degrees conferred in 1940. In recognition of its new status, the General Assembly changed the name of the school in 1941 to Pembroke State College for Indians. Until 1953 it was the only state-supported four-year college for Indians in the nation. The scope of the institution was widened in1942 when non-teaching baccalaureate degrees were added, and in 1945 when enrollment, previously limited to the Indians of Robeson County, was opened to people from all federally-recognized Indian groups. A few years later, in 1949, the General Assembly shortened the name to Pembroke State College.

The Board of Trustees approved the admission of white students up to 40 percent of the total enrollment in 1953 and, following the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision, opened the college to all qualified applicants without regard to race in 1954. Growth of over 500 percent followed during the next eight years. In 1969 the General Assembly changed the name again to Pembroke State University, and made the institution a regional university. Such universities were authorized "to provide undergraduate and graduate instruction in liberal arts, fine arts, and science, and in the learned professions, including teaching" and to "provide other graduate and undergraduate programs of instruction as are deemed necessary to meet the needs of their constituencies and of the state."

Three years later, in 1972, the General Assembly established the 16-campus University of North Carolina with Pembroke State University as one of the constituent institutions. The Board of Governors approved the implementation of master's programs in professional education at Pembroke State University in 1978, as well as several new undergraduate programs. Since that time, additional baccalaureate programs have been added, including nursing. Master's level programs have been implemented in business administration, public administration, school and Service Agency Counseling.

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke celebrated its centennial in 1987. On July 1, 1996, Pembroke State University officially became The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. In 2000, approval was granted for an undergraduate major in Applied Physics as well as four new master's of education programs in art, physical education, social studies and science. An Honors College, a multi-cultural center and the International Studies Program were established in 2000-2001.

Thanks

[kicker]

Neither Asheville nor Pembroke have a large enrollment, for a public school.
uncp has an enrollment of nearly 6,000 students & is one of the fastest growing universities in the state of n.c. :nod:

[hapapp]

About 25% of the student body is still American Indian.

[Go...gate]

Didn't Jim Thorpe play for a American Indian school?

He did. He played for Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, PA (now the site of the U.S. Army War College). If there had been a Heisman in 1911, it would have been his.

[The Gadfly]

Is the majority of Native Americans there Cherokee or Lumbee? Being 1/16th Cherokee I thought that most Eastern Cherokees would be located in Western Carolina, Northern Georgia, and South-East Tennessee? Whoever they are, they're my favorite D2 squad. GO BRAVES!

[Go...gate]

http://www.cmgww.com/sports/thorpe/images/bio_pics/headshot.jpgDescribing Jim Thorpe as a great athlete would be doing him a severe injustice. A better description would be calling him the greatest athlete of the 20th Century. This label will probably be debated by many, but Thorpe's accomplishments speak louder than words. King Gustav V of Sweden told Thorpe: "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world."

James Francis Thorpe was born on May 28, 1887 in a one-room cabin near Prague, Oklahoma. Although there is much confusion on Thorpe's date of birth, this is the date according to his estate. He was born to Hiram Thorpe, a farmer, and Mary James, a Potawatomi Indian and descendent of the last great Sauk and Fox chief Black Hawk, a noted warrior and athlete. Jim was actually born a twin, but his brother Charlie died at the age of nine. His Indian name, Wa-Tho-Huk, translated to "Bright Path", something that Thorpe definitely had ahead of him.

In 1904, Thorpe started school at Carlisle Industrial Indian School in Pennsylvania. The establishment offered American Indians the opportunity to gain practical training in over 20 trades, in addition to off-campus employment at local farms, homes or industries. Thorpe began his athletic career at Carlisle, both playing football and running track. He was triumphantly selected as a third-team All-American in 1908, and in 1909 and 1910 he made the first team. Iconic football legend Glenn “Pop” Warner coached Thorpe at Carlisle and was able to see the young phenomenon evolve in his pursuant excellence with athletics.
At the tender age of 24, Thorpe sailed with the American Olympic team to Antwerp, Belgium for the 1912 Olympic Games. Remarkably, he trained aboard the ship on the journey across sea. He blew away the competition in both the pentathlon and the decathlon and set records that would stand for decades. King Gustav V presented Thorpe with his gold medals for both accomplishments. As stated in Bob Berontas’ “Jim Thorpe, Sac and Fox Athlete”: “Before Thorpe could walk away, the king grabbed his hand and uttered the senta3ence that was to follow for the rest of his life. ‘Sir,’ he declared, ‘you are the greatest athlete in the world,’ Thope, never a man to stand on ceremony, answered simple and honestly, ‘Thanks King.’”

Thorpe’s glorious Olympic wins were jeopardized in 1913 when it came out that he played two semi-professional seasons of baseball. The Olympics Committee had strict rules about Olympians receiving monetary compensation for participating in professional athletics. Thorpe, who stated he played for the love of the game and not the money, was put under the microscope. Ultimately, it was decided that his baseball experience adversely affected his amateur status in the track and field events. His name was removed from the record books and his gold medals were taken away.

Thorpe moved on after the Olympic ordeal and signed to play baseball for the New York Giants. He played outfield with New York for three seasons before relocating and playing with the Cincinnati Reds in 1917. He played 77 games with the Reds before finally returning to the Giants for an additional 26 games. In 1919 he played his final season in major league baseball, ending on the Boston Braves team.

During much of his baseball years, Thorpe was also immersed in professional football. He played for the Canton (Ohio) Bulldogs from 1915 until 1920 and the Cleveland Indiana in 1921. In the years following, he organized, coached and played with the Oorang Indians, a professional football team comprised completely of American Indians. Additionally, he was instrumental in forming g the American Professional Football Association, and eventually became the president of the group. Through the years, the association evolved into today’s NFL. In all, Thorpe played with six different teams during his career in pro football, ending with a stint with the Chicago Cardinals in 1929.
Life after professional athletics was exciting for Thorpe. He worked as an extra in movies, served as superintendent of recreation in the Chicago Park System and was also quite vocal with matters of Indian affairs. He also had stints as a public speaker/lecturer and even led an all-Indian song and dance troupe entitled “The Jim Thorpe Show.” The Merchant Marines even had the honor of Thorpe’s presence, as he served with beginning at age 58.

Two monumental honors were bestowed unto Thorpe in 1950 when he was named “the greatest American football player” and the “greatest overall male athlete” by the Associated Press.

Thorpe died on March 28, 1953 of a heart attack. The New York Times ran a front page story, remembering the athlete, stating that Thorpe “was a magnificent performer. He had all the strength, speed and coordination of the finest players, plus an incredible stamina. The tragedy of the loss of his Stockholm medals because of thoughtless and unimportant professionalism darkened much of his career and should have been rectified long ago. His memory should be kept for what it deserves--that of the greatest all-round athlete of our time.” Thorpe’s medals were finally restored to him posthumously in 1982. In addition, and most importantly to his family, his name was put back into the record books.

Thorpe had married three times and was blessed with eight children. In 1913, he married Iva Miller. Their first son, James Jr., died at age three from an influenza epidemic during World War I but their three daughters, Gail, Charlotte, and Grace, lived into the 1990s. He married Freeda Kirkpatrick in 1926 and they had four sons, Carl Phillip (deceased), William, Richard, and John (Jack). Jack Thorpe, the youngest, became principal chief of the Sauk and Fox in the 1980s. At the time of his death, Thorpe had been married to Patricia Askew for almost eight years.

In 1950, the nation's press selected Jim Thorpe as the most outstanding athlete of the first half of the 20th Century and in 1996-2001, he was awarded ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the C

Great job with this! :hurray:

[Dabnus Brickey]

There are tons of Lumbee indians in that area. I have a distant uncle that lives there. A former sheriff from the area is a friend of a friend.

[chiapet9]

As for the Big South, its's possible but not likely unless a certain school near the beach finally achieves their fantasy of SoCon membership.

Is Big South football so full at FIVE members??? I highly doubt that UNCP would put them over the edge.

[gophoenix]

I'd guess that UNCP is mainly Lumbee, since it was created to serve the Native American Community which is Lumbee. And actually, the Lumbees are a recently recognized tribe. They were mainly other tribes (Roanoke, Pasquotank, Cherokee, Cheraw, Pamlico, Waccamaw, etc) that went into hiding and mixed with colonists and free slaves here and there. They have no firm roots other than they are a mix of most every native american tribe in NC/SC. I have a line of my family from this area too.


Neither Asheville nor Pembroke have a large enrollment, for a public school.

That depends on what the baseline is. What is a large enrollment. Western fans say Elon has a small enrollment even though it is ~2000 off WCU. App says they have large enrollment when it is ~14000. Then you have places like NC State who claim to have a large enrollment at ~24k. And then there are larger schools yet who say all the previously mentioned are small.

All in the eyes of the beholder.

[lizrdgizrd]

That depends on what the baseline is. What is a large enrollment. Western fans say Elon has a small enrollment even though it is ~2000 off WCU. App says they have large enrollment when it is ~14000. Then you have places like NC State who claim to have a large enrollment at ~24k. And then there are larger schools yet who say all the previously mentioned are small.

All in the eyes of the beholder.
I would think it's fair to state that UNCP's enrollment is small. There are only 4 UNC system schools with lower enrollment.

http://intranet.northcarolina.edu/docs/assessment/Profiles/2006-07/Appendices/Appendix_C_Fall_Enr-2005.pdf

They do have a larger enrollment than Elon.

[hapapp]

UNCP is the fastest growing public or private university in the state of North Carolina; UNCP has grown more than 45 percent in the last five years.

The vast majority of Robeson County American Indians are Lumbee.

http://www.uncp.edu/uncp/about/community.htm

[MplsBison]

You can't maintain that growth without new buildings.

Is the state system dumping a ton of money into UNCP for upgrades?

[lizrdgizrd]

You can't maintain that growth without new buildings.

Is the state system dumping a ton of money into UNCP for upgrades?
They've been on a capital improvements swing in the UNC system for a few years. Apparently UNCP has gotten $91,647,400 over the last 10 years for Capital improvements.

http://www.northcarolina.edu/content.php/bogdocs/2005-09/minutes/W.pdf
Page 11 has the table.