The first ever recorded use of Old Gold for a sports team was when it was adopted by the Purdue University football team in 1887
Old gold is used for someNFL teams: theNew Orleans Saints and theSan Francisco 49ers. The reason for its use by the Saints is thatNew Orleans is an old city with the heritage and architecture of regal Europe.[citation needed] The reason for its use by the 49ers is the close identification ofSan Francisco (indeed the very choice of the mascot name) with theCalifornia Gold Rush of 1849.[citation needed]. The old gold is also one of the colours of Johns Hopkins University.
The primary colours of the Purdue University Boilermakers, the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, and the DePauw University Tigers are old gold and black.
The primary colours of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are old gold and white.
Welsh football team Carmarthen Town A.F.C are known as the Old Gold (Hen Aur in Welsh) and play in old gold shirts.
^The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called "old gold" in the 1930 book by Maerz and PaulA Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color "old gold" is displayed on page 51, Plate 14, Color Sample K5.
^Maerz and Paul,A Dictionary of Color (New York:McGraw-Hill, 1930), page 200, Color Sample of Old Gold, Page 51, Plate 14, Color Sample K5
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