All Time Most Offensive School Mascots: Pekin (Ill) Chinks

1964

Cobden 68, Pinckneyville 66 (3 OT)
Galesburg (H.S.) 79, Springfield (Lanphier) 66
Cobden 60, Galesburg (H.S.) 57
Cobden 44, Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 38
Decatur (Stephen Decatur) 73, Rock Island (Alleman) 54

Championship
Pekin (CHINKS) 50, Cobden (Apple-nockers) 45

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I vaguely recall that Decatur perhaps had a big white kid who went on to play a few years in the NBA. He was very impressive in that tournament.

Thanks, micdsguy. So it WAS the Pekin Chinks that they lost to. I was a high school freshman at the time (so I guess you're not that old, Oldbat!). So bringing this full circle to the actual topic, here were 2 of the oddest nick-named schools playing each other for a major title. Only in Illinois... (BTW,I don't live there anymore, either).

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Originally posted by HiHardHeat:
Elon University was known as the "Fighting Christians" for years before changing to the Phoenix.

I guess they thought they were still in the middle-ages.

trivia : there are 4 other team nicknames in D-1 that a> don't end in S and b> aren't named for an animal and c> don't have a color in the name.


who are they?

I get:

Hofstra Flying Dutchmen, Centenary Gentlemen, UI Illini, Notre Dame Irish, USNA Midshipmen, UMass Minutemen, Hofstra (again) Pride, GaTech Ramblin Wreck, Marshall Thundering Herd & William & Mary Tribe
They're all listed as D-1 in some sport...