The Evolution of Mr. C

“Cornelius Vanderbilt, whose $1 million gift established the university in 1873, earned the nickname “the Commodore” while building a vast transportation empire that included ships and railroads. The university’s athletes were nicknamed the Commodores as early as 1898 by newspaperman and football alumnus William E. Beard. In a 1915 Tennessee American cartoon after Vanderbilt’s gridiron […]

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