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How did the Stanford Cardinals get their name?

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The Indian symbol and name were later dropped by President Richard Lyman in 1972, after objections from Native American students and a vote by the student senate. From 1972 to 1981, the official nickname was the Cardinals, a reference to the color, not the bird. read more

In 1981 by fiat, the university president declared that Stanford teams would simply be represented by the color Cardinal as they had been before and during the Indian period. The dancing tree is not the university mascot. read more

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