Friday, January 29, 2010

How Kentucky Got the Colors Blue & White

The University of Kentucky named Blue and White their offical colors in 1892. Before they did so, they had agreed on white and a light yellow color prior to a prior to the Kentucky-Centre College football game on December 19, 1891.
The particular shade of blue was finally chosen by a student who asked, "What color blue?" Then Richard C. Stoll pulled off his necktie, and the rest is history.

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