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Trojans is the nickname given to the University of Southern California Trojans by a sports editor in 1912. Methodists and Wesleyans were previously the teams' names, both of which officials disliked. Athletic director Warren Bovard asked Los Angeles Times sports editor Owen Bird to come up with a new nickname for the teams. In an article before the USC-Stanford game, Bird came up with the name Trojans. “At the time, the athletes and coaches of the university were under terrific handicaps,” Bird recalled later. “They were facing teams that were bigger and better equipped, yet they had splendid fighting spirit. The name ‘Trojans’ fitted them. “The term ‘Trojan’ as applied to USC means to me that no matter what the situation, what the odds or what the conditions, the competition must be carried on to the end and those who strive must give all they have and never be weary in doing so.” This evolved into the Tommy Trojan and his horse Traveler that is seen at home football games.
Trojans is the nickname given to the University of Southern California Trojans by a sports editor in 1912. Methodists and Wesleyans were previously the teams' names, both of which officials disliked. Athletic director Warren Bovard asked Los Angeles Times sports editor Owen Bird to come up with a new nickname for the teams. In an article before the USC-Stanford game, Bird came up with the name Trojans. “At the time, the athletes and coaches of the university were under terrific handicaps,” Bird recalled later. “They were facing teams that were bigger and better equipped, yet they had splendid fighting spirit. The name ‘Trojans’ fitted them. “The term ‘Trojan’ as applied to USC means to me that no matter what the situation, what the odds or what the conditions, the competition must be carried on to the end and those who strive must give all they have and never be weary in doing so.” This evolved into the Tommy Trojan and his horse Traveler that is seen at home football games.

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