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June 17, 1975
- The name Seattle Seahawks ("seahawk" is another name for osprey) was selected on June 17, 1975, after a public naming contest which drew more than 20,000 entries and over 1,700 names.
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Jul 25, 2015 · Let’s take a journey through history to see how Seattle became the home of the 12th man. It’s Jan. 2, 1922, and the Texas A&M football team is playing top-ranked Centre College.
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West, which they rejoined in 2002 as part of a conference realignment.
Jun 17, 2016 · It started in 1975, when the club asked the fans for suggestions for the NFL team that would begin play during the 1976 season. The name "Seahawks" was selected from 1,741 different suggestions...
Aug 11, 2016 · The Seattle Seahawks will pay $140,000 to Texas A&M for limited rights to the school's "12th Man" trademark as part of a new five-year deal announced Thursday between the two parties.
Oct 11, 2019 · At different intervals in the 1990s, the Buffalo Bills, Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks and Chicago Bears began using the “12 th Man” as a fan nickname in some manner similar to teams...
Where Did the 12th Man Originate. Seattle didn’t invent the 12th Man, however. The history of the 12th Man being used goes back to Texas A&M in 1921.
Aug 11, 2016 · Texas A&M University and the Seattle Seahawks have reached a new license agreement regarding the university’s 12th Man trademark—with new stipulations regarding the use of “12th Man” by the NFL football franchise.
