Cleveland Glenville Tarblooders

[spraguezilla]

Wow, I liked the other story on how Glenville got their name alot better.

....something along the lines of before the school had an official mascot or nickname the coach was always demanding his players to "Go out there and beat the tar and blood out of 'em!!!" Eventually the players earned the reputation as the Tarblooders and the name stuck.

Don't know if it is true or not, but it beats being known from "a railroad term".

[BuckeyeNation27]

Originally Posted by osugrad21

You sure are winking at a number of guys tonight...not that there is anything wrong with that

yeah well some whiney mod told me to tone down on my sarcasm.....so now i gotta make sure everyone knows im being sarcastic.

[scUM Buster]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeNation27

so now i gotta make sure everyone knows im being sarcastic.

Which obviously still went right over some heads

[BuckeyeNation27]

Originally Posted by scUM Buster

Which obviously still went right over some heads

hahahaha. i noticed that too

[3yardsandacloud]

Originally Posted by spraguezilla

Wow, I liked the other story on how Glenville got their name alot better.

....something along the lines of before the school had an official mascot or nickname the coach was always demanding his players to "Go out there and beat the tar and blood out of 'em!!!" Eventually the players earned the reputation as the Tarblooders and the name stuck.

Don't know if it is true or not, but it beats being known from "a railroad term".

I had heard the same story as well spraguezilla. Although I found this:



http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/sports/3220087.htm

Glenville Tarblooders -- The nickname honors the hard-working and proud citizens of the Cleveland neighborhood who used to haul tar from the tarpits to the railroad tracks.



http://www.thisweeknews.com/print_te...ts-360495.html

History also seems to have played a major role in the nickname chosen by Cleveland Glenville, which calls itself the Tarblooders.

"There are several versions to how we got that name, but the one I like has to do with the bringing about of the Glenville community," Glenville athletics director Gretchen Taylor said. "The railroad had a lot to do with the development of the community, and those railroads were built by members of the community. The name refers to all of the blood and sweat and all of the steel and tar that went into putting down the tracks.

"We love our nickname. It's a unique name; no one else has it. And we think it represents us well because we're pretty rough and tough."



http://www.cincinnati.com/preps/2003...mascots03.html

• "Tarblooders," (from a 1940s chant to beat the "tar" and "blood" out of opponents), Glenville, Cleveland.



http://www.cleveland.com/forums/hsfo...sf?artid=64494

14303. HISTORY LESSON BWKAPPA
by wstsidefball, 11/23/04 18:44 ET

I hate to do this to you buddy, because you are a good poster, But I want people to know the right answer. First, the tarblooders did not get their nickname until the forties. I know this because my grandfather and grandmother in law (i guess that's what she is) went there in the late twenties and and early thirties respectively. It really has nothing to do with the industrial revolution. Students began cheering that their team would knock the "tar" and "blood" out of the opponents. That is also why their school colors are red and black. What their robo-tin man mascot has to do with it is anyone's guess, but i hear it was a student design contest, and that was the winner.



http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com...s/1201465.html

Certainly Tarblooders, the mascot of Cleveland's Glenville High School, is the most unique of school nicknames.

Exactly what is a Tarblooder? Would you believe a cross of a robot and a tinman?

According to the school, the Tarblooder name came from "a football battle cry that started during the 1940s indicating that members of the Glenville team would whack the 'tar' and the 'blood' from its opponents. Thus, our colors are red and black."

It never really explains the robot/tinman connection, however.

[spraguezilla]

Yeah I was wondering myself how the robot/tinman factored into the whole Tarblooder theme...

[osugrad21]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeNation27

yeah well some whiney mod told me to tone down on my sarcasm.....so now i gotta make sure everyone knows im being sarcastic.

Hmmm I thought it was your senseless cursing and internet toughguy, Mili-wannabe schtick?

[yankee_in_texas]

Jerry Siegel, and Joe Shuster, Glenville High School students created Superman in 1934 (my Dad was a Glenville grad).

[stowfan]

The east side of Cleveland was at one time a huge railroad hub. Up to as late as the early 1980s Conrail employed over a thousand people. The closest high school to Glenville is Collinwood, team name Railroaders.

Glenville was at one time a stand alone village. Many of the people who worked laying or repairing track settled together there. As these guys were working hefting ties and track and pounding in spikes, they would chant over and over " whack thud tar blood".

Later as a part of the city of Cleveland, Glenville became the center of the Jewish community. Later this community moved in mass to the east suburbs. Many of the beautiful large Church's were once Syngauges

Several years ago I was visiting my 70 plus year old accountant who is a Glenville grad. I mentioned having gone to the Mentor-Glenville game the night before. His responce was " ah yes, whack thud tar blood".

I thought it was funny as the night before I had watch the Glenville cheerleaders chant it thoughout the game. I guess it wasn't the "black" thing I thought it was. The name does go back to the early railroad community that specialized in laying track.

[jimotis4heisman]

I heard they picked up a couple of nice athletes at the change of semester from area cleveland schools. Anyone know who these guys might be, and have any quality info on them?

thanks ne ohio guys

-jo

[Alan]

i will call coach ginn tomorrow to find out.....

why any family that has a greatly talented young man without a "father figure" wouldn't send their kids there is a mystery.

[jimotis4heisman]

thanks alan,

i agree-from what i saw i was amazed you do not see that kind of adult following of city league schools in columbus, he gives people in his area something to be proud about.

[osugrad21]

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Reply </td> <td class="m" align="left" valign="top"> Re: Glenville <hr size="1"> Glenville "added" two very good players at the semester in Royce Adams, formerly of Saint Ed's, and Bryant Milligan, via University School. I think Milligan especially is a real sleeper at Safety. </td></tr></tbody> </table>

[jimotis4heisman]

thanks grad...BN or BSB stuff?

anyone seen these guys play?

[osugrad21]

Originally Posted by jimotis4heisman

thanks grad...BN or BSB stuff?

anyone seen these guys play?

That is BN recruiting board....