Duke Blue Devils logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG
- The name “Blue Devils” received much support during the name contest held by the student newspaper in 1921.
- Meaning and history Though the name of the team was made up in the early 1920s, the first logo with the Devil appeared only in 1936, and the image of a creature was present on all the logo version of the teams until 1978.
- As for the color palette of the Duke Blue Devils, it follows the name and during the history featured only two shades — blue and white, though there was one version, executed in monochrome.
- 1936 – 1948 The Devil portrait comprised the main part of the team’s logo, created in 1936.
- The “Duke” lettering in white capitals of a bold sans-serif typeface was set on a blue background, in the bottom right part of the emblem.
- 1948 – 1955 In 1948 the Devil was redrawn and now he was standing on bold white lettering outlined in blue.
- 1955 – 1966 The redesign of 1995 switched the color palette to monochrome and made the Devil stand straight.
- The main color of the image was blue, and all the delicate accents — white, and the fancy emblem looked remarkable in this color palette.
- And his evil smile evokes a sense of strength and danger, representing the character of the team.
- The blue and white color palette remained untouched and created a mixed feeling of cold and heat with the new elements of the team’s visual identity.
- This was the last official logo with the image of the Devil, which stayed with the team until 1978.
- The inner part of the letter featured a white narrowed hexagon with a pointed top and bottom.
- Duke Blue Devils basketball The university is proud of its men’s basketball team, which is considered the fourth-winning college basketball program of all time.
- One of its main achievements has been that it has won the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship five times.
- 1994 was also a very successful year when the team was ranked as #13 in the US for a short time.
- Duke Blue Devils soccer The women’s soccer team cannot boast a very long history – it started only in 1988.
- They have competed in the NCAA Women’s soccer tournament over 20 times and have competed for the College Cup three times.
- Duke Blue Devils hockey The team fielded in 1903 has belonged to the Atlantic Coast Conference since 1954.
- It plays its home games at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
- As of 2019, the team is coached by Chris Pollard, who has occupied this position since 2013.
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