The
McGill Redmen are the men's athletic teams that represent
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in Montreal, Quebec,
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. The women's teams are known as the
McGill MartletsThe McGill Martlets are the women's athletic teams that represent McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The men's teams are known as the McGill Redmen. The name Martlets is used in reference to the McGill University shield, which includes three martlets which were part of the coat of arms...
.
The name
Redmen was first published in 1929 as "Red Men" and was used to describe the red uniforms worn by McGill sports teams. Research done by McGill historian Dr. Stanley Frost indicated that the name Redmen derived from ancient times, when Celts were known as the "Red Men" because of their red hair... "our own Red Men were no doubt Celts in honour of James McGill's Scottish descent," notes Frost.
Mascot
The mascot for both the Redmen and Martlet teams is
Marty the Martlethttp://www.mcgilltribune.com/media/storage/paper234/news/2006/09/26/News/Campus.Marty.The.Martlet.Turns.One-2308647.shtml?norewrite200609262030&sourcedomain=www.mcgilltribune.com. The name was chosen in 2005 by students at his first appearance at the Redmen football
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game, where he was presented to the McGill Athletics Department by the Student Organization for Alumni Relations
(SOAR).
McGill and the Origins of ice hockey
On March 3, 1875 the first organized indoor game was played at Montreal's Victoria Skating Rink by James George Aylwin Creighton and several
McGill UniversityMcGill University is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
students. In 1877, several McGill students, including Creighton, Henry Joseph, Richard F. Smith, W.F. Robertson, and W.L. Murray codified seven ice hockey rules. The McGill University Hockey Club - later re-christened "The Redmen" - was founded in 1877, arguably making the McGill Redmen the oldest
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club in the world.
2005 hazing scandal
In October of 2005, the McGill administration cancelled the football team's season after confirmed reports of
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involving
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.
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Men's Soccer
The soccer program at McGill operates for a big part of the year. On top of the regular CIS fall season there is a QSSF indoor season running from January to mid March.
Preparation the 2008 CIS season start with try-out start 9 & 10 August with exhibition games planned for
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and
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in the USA.
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