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Within two seasons (by the 1963-64 school year) the Pirate mascot and team name would be replaced by a new symbol and name: The Vikings. In order to gain membership in the CIAA, State Teachers College had to cede the Pirate name to Hampton University, whose teams were also "Pirates".

Title
State Teachers College 1961 Football Team and "Pirate" Mascot
Date (Text)
1961
Date
1961
Geographic Coverage
Elizabeth City (N.C.)
Pasquotank County (N.C.)
Subject (Images)
Subject (Name)
Type
Image
Format
Photographs
Group portraits
Digital Exhibit
North Carolina's Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Collection in Repository
University Archives Historical Images Collection
Standard Rights Statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Contributing Institution
Contact Information
University Archives / G.R. Little Library / Elizabeth City State University / 1704 Weeksville Road / Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909 / 252-335-3431 / http://www.ecsu.edu/library/archives / archives@ecsu.edu
Digital Collection
Images of North Carolina
Accessibility Statement
Archival Content: this is a digital surrogate of an item that was created before April 26, 2027. It is presented here for research, reference or recordkeeping. For help accessing this material, please visit https://www.digitalnc.org/about/policies/accessibility/

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