Bidding War! Rutgers Chanticleer Pennant Now Up to $310

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Yes, they really were the Rutgers Chanticleer from 1925-55 as this pennant on ebay shows. Bidding started at $50 and is currently bid up to $310. Auction ends at 9:45 pm eastern time tonight.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/131910795749?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[ruready07]

thats a really cool pennant.
Id love for the athletic department to rock the chanticleer every once in a while.

 

[Source]

And a banner that was bid on a year or two ago:

 

[wasiman]

Funny about the Chanticleer. I met a Princeton Alum who was in is 80's and told me the story when the Chanticleer was so smashed he fell on the sidelines and laid there for
most of the first half.

 

[RU Husky]

Send Luicci an email Maybe he'd be interested.

 

[Tango Two]

Yes, they really were the Rutgers Chanticleer from 1925-55 as this pennant on ebay shows. Bidding started at $50 and is currently bid up to $310. Auction ends at 9:45 pm eastern time tonight.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/131910795749?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

This is the kind of item Rutgers should be bidding on for history.

 

[DJ Spanky]

 

[Source]

Sold for $338.33

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

 

[Upstream]

The Chanticleer was a poor mascot choice with no tie to Rutgers' history or traditions. Fortunately it only lasted 30 years before being replaced.

For 50+ years prior to the Chanticleer, Rutgers teams were unofficially known as the Scarlet or the Queensmen.

For the 60+ years after Chanticleer was replaced, Rutgers teams were officially known as the Scarlet Knights. Since a Knighthood is bestowed on someone for service to a monarch, the Scarlet Knight mascot is an appropriate combination of the former Scarlet and Queensmen names.

 

[RUScrew85]

The Chanticleer was a poor mascot choice with no tie to Rutgers' history or traditions. Fortunately it only lasted 30 years before being replaced.

For 50+ years prior to the Chanticleer, Rutgers teams were unofficially known as the Scarlet or the Queensmen.

For the 60+ years after Chanticleer was replaced, Rutgers teams were officially known as the Scarlet Knights. Since a Knighthood is bestowed on someone for service to a monarch, the Scarlet Knight mascot is an appropriate combination of the former Scarlet and Queensmen names.

I've heard WCTC was a nod to Chanticleer.

 

[Upstream]

I've heard WCTC was a nod to Chanticleer.

Yep. That is because WCTC was launched during the 30 year period that the Chanticleer was Rutgers' mascot. But that doesn't mean that the Chanticleer was an appropriate mascot for Rutgers, should be continued to be acknowledged in any way today, or was anything more than an unfortunate aberration that has been rectified.

 

[Source]

Heh-heh

"...The Chanticleer was a poor mascot choice with no tie to Rutgers' history or traditions. Fortunately it only lasted 30 years before being replaced..."

Then what makes a knight a tie to a school named after King George III's consort hundreds of years after the knights of England had passed into legacy?

The Scarlet Knight was chosen by the students in a contest. The choice doesn't always have to have historical connections. In fact, most nicknames have to do with the brave, feared, formidable or honorable trait/s of an animal or thing they choose as their nickname and not the history of the school. Hence, teams called Tigers, Lions, Eagles, etc. The Tribe, the Wolf Pack, Crimson Tide, Trojans (what connections do guys in short skirts with swords, shields and bristle-top helmets have to do with Southern California?)

 

[Riceonthebanks]

I wish we were still the Chanticleers. When my friends ask about the team they ask me how my Chanticleers are doing. It's a fun name.

 

[RU Husky]

It would give us bragging rights against South Carolina . There's so much one can do with a "cock" as a team mascot.

 

[Source]

I wish we were still the Chanticleers. When my friends ask about the team they ask me how my Chanticleers are doing. It's a fun name.

It is but Upstream has it right. The school never really got behind the Chanticleer nickname although there were certain years in the 1930s and then again in the early 1950s when they tried. It was the Varsity R Club that got the student body in the spring of 1955 to vote on several choices before they finished the semester. The winning submission was the idea of student Oscar Karl Huh, Jr., Rutgers Class of 1957, who just died on December 31, 2013. He was born in Hackensack and studied geology at Rutgers. He later became a professor at LSU.

https://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/lsuresea...ates-the-life-of-oscar-karl-huh-jr-1935-2013/

 

[RUScrew85]

Yep. That is because WCTC was launched during the 30 year period that the Chanticleer was Rutgers' mascot. But that doesn't mean that the Chanticleer was an appropriate mascot for Rutgers, should be continued to be acknowledged in any way today, or was anything more than an unfortunate aberration that has been rectified.

Agreed. Not a fan of the rooster.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

As far as I know, Rutgers' football team was never called the Chanticleers. That was just the mascot. We had a Bulldog mascot (real dog) before the guy in the chicken suit. Then finally a guy in armor riding around in a horse in the 1950's, then an additional cartoon big head Knight in the 1980's. They have both been redesigned over the years but are both still around of course.

We were always knows as just "The Scarlet" until Knights was added to the name. The Queensmen was just a nickname. Like the G-Men for the Giants or The Brooklyn Bombers for the Yankees.

 

[RU Husky]

As far as I know, Rutgers' football team was never called the Chanticleers. That was just the mascot. We had a Bulldog mascot (real dog) before the guy in the chicken suit. Then finally a guy in armor riding around in a horse in the 1950's, then an additional cartoon big head Knight in the 1980's. They have both been redesigned over the years but are both still around of course.

We were always knows as just "The Scarlet" until Knights was added to the name. The Queensmen was just a nickname. Like the G-Men for the Giants or The Brooklyn Bombers for the Yankees.

Ahem, Bronx Bombers

 

[Source]

As far as I know, Rutgers' football team was never called the Chanticleers. That was just the mascot. We had a Bulldog mascot (real dog) before the guy in the chicken suit. Then finally a guy in armor riding around in a horse in the 1950's, then an additional cartoon big head Knight in the 1980's. They have both been redesigned over the years but are both still around of course. We were always knows as just "The Scarlet" until Knights was added to the name. The Queensmen was just a nickname. Like the G-Men for the Giants or The Brooklyn Bombers for the Yankees.

Scarlet Scourge,
Does the name "The Big Red" mean anything to you from that era between 1948-51?

 

[RUJohnny99]

I've heard WCTC was a nod to Chanticleer.

I thought CTC was a nod to their broadcast range: Colonia to Cranbury

 

[Source]

I thought CTC was a nod to their broadcast range: Colonia to Cranbury

WCTC (1450 AM and 98.3 FM), New Brunswick began its on-going radio coverage starting with the September 27, 1947 Rutgers 40-28 loss at Columbia. WCTC went on the air December 12, 1946 and was owned by Chanticleer Broadcasting and its station manager James L. Howe, Rutgers Class of 1932 who sold WCTC in 1959. The call letters were taken from the Rutgers nickname at the time, ChanTiCleer.

 

[BoroKnight]

Heh-heh

"...The Chanticleer was a poor mascot choice with no tie to Rutgers' history or traditions. Fortunately it only lasted 30 years before being replaced..."

Then what makes a knight a tie to a school named after King George III's consort hundreds of years after the knights of England had passed into legacy?

The Scarlet Knight was chosen by the students in a contest. The choice doesn't always have to have historical connections. In fact, most nicknames have to do with the brave, feared, formidable or honorable trait/s of an animal or thing they choose as their nickname and not the history of the school. Hence, teams called Tigers, Lions, Eagles, etc. The Tribe, the Wolf Pack, Crimson Tide, Trojans (what connections do guys in short skirts with swords, shields and bristle-top helmets have to do with Southern California?)

Thank you for the logic. Your information is always appreciated. Although, if I recall correctly, the student whose entry won that contest actually used "Red Knight," which was then changed before making it official.

Nothing wrong with Chanticleer. Heck, they just won the College World Series. :smiley:

 

[Source]

Thank you for the logic. Your information is always appreciated. Although, if I recall correctly, the student whose entry won that contest actually used "Red Knight," which was then changed before making it official. Nothing wrong with Chanticleer. Heck, they just won the College World Series. :smiley:

Oscar Huh actually took the name from a nearby book in his room called "The Red Knight of Germany." He did, however, change the red to scarlet when he submitted his "Scarlet Knight" suggestion for the student referendum on the issue.