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re: Saw a couple of Chinese Bandit hats on GD. How did the defense in 58/59 get that name?
Posted on 10/12/19 at 9:05 am to TigerMoney69
Posted on 10/12/19 at 9:05 am to TigerMoney69
Dietzel wanted to give the backups on the team an identity they could rally around and take pride in.[3] He named the Chinese Bandits after characters from a Terry and the Pirates comic strip.[5] The comic described the bandits as "the most vicious people in the world."[6] He felt that the name fit with what he wanted to accomplish. Most players in the Bandits unit had seen very little playing time before the 1958 season. What they lacked in experience and skill, Dietzel hoped they would make up for with competitiveness and teamwork.[3]
Chinese Bandits
Chinese Bandits
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Posted on 10/12/19 at 9:24 am to LSU2001
My first season as an 11 yo was 1958. We had just move back to La. Dad was an LSU alum and would take three of us boys to the games. The teams would loosen up in three distinct circles. It was so cool to see.
The Bandits did not play as much as the WhiteTeam which played both O and D, or the Go Team which played only O.
So when the Bandits did get to play, they were ferocious, and gang tackled like a swarm of bees. There were times that the White Team was giving ground, and Deitzel would substitute the Bandits into the game, and they would shut down the opponent. It soon became a special crowd reaction for them to enter the game. They were no longer 3rd stringers, but key members of a championship season.
They allowed for Cannon, Robinson, Fugler, and the rest of the White Team to catch their breath. It worked well with the substitution rules of the day.
1958 Undefeated National Champions after defeating Clemson.
The Bandits did not play as much as the WhiteTeam which played both O and D, or the Go Team which played only O.
So when the Bandits did get to play, they were ferocious, and gang tackled like a swarm of bees. There were times that the White Team was giving ground, and Deitzel would substitute the Bandits into the game, and they would shut down the opponent. It soon became a special crowd reaction for them to enter the game. They were no longer 3rd stringers, but key members of a championship season.
They allowed for Cannon, Robinson, Fugler, and the rest of the White Team to catch their breath. It worked well with the substitution rules of the day.
1958 Undefeated National Champions after defeating Clemson.
Posted on 10/12/19 at 10:31 am to LSU2001
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the most vicious people in the world
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Chinese Bandits
Different time, different place. We were only a few years removed from Pearl Harbor, Enola Gay and VJ Day.
None of this racial insensitivity would fly in the 21st century.
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