y-a-l-e

Updated: May 19, 2025

The blue-jerseyed figures with the white Y would tumble through the gate and spread out on the field; the stands would rise to them with a roar of joyous welcome that would raise the very skies Y-a-l-e! Y-a-l-e! "'Small wonder that each man was right on his toes, felt as though he were made of steel springs. All other Yale teams had won, 'We will win, of course.

William H. (William Hanford) Edwards - Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball