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"an elitist social club of sixty print journalists" — Hedrick Smith, Power Game: How Washington Works February 1988 Random House ISBN 9780394554471 [7] Frank A. De Puy (1854–1927) was one of several who met January 24, 1885, at the Welcker's Hotel in Washington, D.C. – 721 15th Street, N.W., between New York Avenue and H Street – to form the Gridiron Club.
The club was founded in 1884 and, as with other beefsteak clubs of the 18th and 19th centuries, the traditional grilling gridiron is the club's symbol, which appears on the club tie (white gridirons on an Oxford blue field).
The Assassins (known for their debauchery in the 1980s; [1] not to be confused with the unrelated student society, Oxford Guild of Assassins [2]) The Bullingdon Club [3] [4] [5] (founded 1780; dress in navy blue tailcoats, with navy velvet collar, ivory silk lapels, brass buttons, mustard waistcoat, and a sky blue bow tie; club tie is sky blue striped with ivory; sometimes called The Buller ...
Gridiron (secret society), at the University of Georgia; Gridiron Club, a journalistic organization in Washington, DC, USA; The Gridiron Club (Oxford University), an undergraduate club founded in 1884
The Gridiron Secret Society was founded in 1908 at the University of Georgia. [4] [1] The organization is thought to have connections with certain structures and historic sites around the State of Georgia and the rest of the Southern United States (Warm Springs, Georgia Guidestones, Georgia Capitol building), but its members do not publish any information.
O. October Club (Oxford University) Out of the Blue (British band) Oxford and Cambridge Expedition to South America; Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition
In 1989, the Southern Districts Gridiron Club changed their nickname from the Longhorns (then wearing orange, black and white) to the Oilers(now wearing white and navy). The first season as the new Oilers, consisting of a core of hardened Longhorn veterans, recruited well, matured quickly and went on to be a very competitive club.
The award is named after the founder of the Gridiron Club, Nils V. "Swede" Nelson, a former college player at Harvard and coach. Nelson was a member of the unbeaten Harvard football team that defeated Oregon in the 1920 Rose Bowl. The inaugural winner of the trophy was quarterback Perry Moss of Illinois in 1946.