Hi, Ed,



As an alum of Chief Sealth High School in West Seattle, I can report that
the name Seahawks was selected as their mascot when the school was founded
in 1957. Years later when the new NFL franchise here asked the community
for suggestions as to a mascot, some of the students I had gone to school
with nominated 'Seahawks' and shared in the prize when the franchise
selected that name.



--g



Gary T. Smith

Alki Point, Seattle





From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Newbold
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 9:42 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] A Seahawk question



Hi all,



Thanks for all the Seahawk comments, and especially the wonderful video by
Craig and Joy Johnson, they are heroes of mine although I've never met them
(I have their books).



I have a question. I grew up in Pennsylvania in the 50s and 60s, and
Osprey in Pennsylvania-Dutch land were always called fishhawks, never for a
minute seahawks. Were they ever actually called seahawks here? I
understand that a large number of people suggested that name to the football
franchise, which in turn suggests to me that it may have actually been in
some kind of standard usage here and maybe on the west coast, where you
sometimes see Osprey near various seas.



Does anybody on tweeters remember hearing that usage prior to the advent of
the Seattle Seahawks around here or anywhere?



Thanks,



Ed Newbold (looked for Monroe Gyr today with Delia and Brian Pendleton and
settled for some gorgeous Canvasbacks on the Prison Pond.)