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Freeport High School Football: Mascot

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This section documents the names/iconography used to describe the sporting teams of Freeport High School.  During some years, multiple names are used.  In fact, there are newspaper articles in which "Scarlet Hurricane, "Red and White," and "Red Devils" are used interchangeably.  Before Freeport High School became the Red Devils around 1933, this moniker was used by Freeport gridiron rival, Flushing High School.

Though research into the origin of the mascot is ongoing, there is no evidence that Red Devil has a connection to Native Americans or Indigenous People. 

Source:

Warman, Jennifer. "School's Devil Created 50 Years Ago." Flashings. February 6, 1984, 2 [reprint from earlier issue]. Accessed August 27, 2024. https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=fphsf19840206-01.1.2.

1914

Red and White

 

Source:

Alumni Record [Freeport High School]. 1914.

1931

Red and White

[Note: Freeport played Flushing High School who were known as the "Red Devils].

 

Source: 

"Freeport Faces Flushing Devils." The Nassau Daily Review. October 10, 1931, 9. Accessed July 18, 2023. http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071428/1931-10-10/ed-1/seq-9/.

1932

Scarlet Hurricane

 

Source:

"Sewanhaka Beaten." Brooklyn Times Union. October 30, 1932, 18. Accessed July 18, 2023. Newspapers.com.

1933

Red Devils

 

Source:

"Dimartino Stars in Freeport." The Nassau Daily Review. October 2, 1933, 1. Accessed July 18, 2023. http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071428/1933-10-02/ed-1/seq-1/.

1934

Scarlet Hurricane; Red Devils

 

Sources: 

"Baldwin Seeks Fourth Straight Win Over Freeport." The Nassau Daily Review. November 5, 1934, 33. Accessed July 18, 2023. http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071428/1934-11-05/ed-1/seq-33/.

"Westbury Furnishes Upset By Tying Freeport Eleven 0-0." The Nassau Daily Review. October 9, 1934, 12.  Accessed July 18, 2023. http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071428/1934-10-09/ed-1/seq-12/.

1935

Scarlet Hurricane

 

Source:

"Freeport Primes for Hicksville." The Nassau Daily Review. October 23, 1935, 12. Accessed July 18, 2023. ttp://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071428/1935-10-23/ed-1/seq-12/.

1936

Scarlet Hurricane; Crimson and White

 

Source:

"Freeport High School Team In Early Start." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 18, 1936, 23. Accessed July 18, 2023. Newspapers.com.

1938

Scarlet Hurricane; Red Devils

 

Source:

Voyageur, 1939.

1939

Scarlet Hurricane; Red Devils

 

Source:

"Freeport '11' Overcomes Baldwin's Eight Year Seige [sic]." Flashings. November 16, 1939, 1.

"Freeport Tops Baldwin to Even Grid Series." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 8, 1939, 18. Accessed July 18, 2023. Newspapers.com.

1943

Red Devils

Source:

Voyageur, 1944.

1945

Red Devils

Source:

Voyageur, 1946.

1949

Red Devils

Source:

Voyageur, 1950.

1951

Red Devils

Source:

Voyageur, 1952.

1952

Red Devil

Source:

Voyageur, 1953.

1956

Source:

Voyageur, 1957.

1957

 

Source:

Voyageur, 1958.

2011

Source:

Voyageur, 2011