Shuler Viking News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The Hillcrest High School Viking
Our history expert solves local mysteries: who, what, when, where, why, and why not. Well, sometimes.
Expand
Originally intended as a carpet company promotion, “Erik” has been an impressive feature of Hillcrest High School since the early 1970s.
Dear Vance: What’s the story behind the giant Viking that guards the entrance to Hillcrest High School? — G.L., Memphis.
Dear G.L.: In the early 1900s, when the University of Tennessee medical school here fielded its own football team, the players were called the Doctors. Meanwhile, about this time, the West Tennessee State Teachers College (now the University of Memphis, of course) called its football team the Teachers. What a terrifying spectacle that would have been, if the Doctors and the Teachers met on the playing field. And what nightmares those scary mascots would have given any youngster who saw the game. I’m joking, of course. ....

United States , Hillcrest High School , University Of Memphis , University Of Tennessee , Jim Beach , Ted Shuler , Vance Lauderdale , Sheffield Knights , Tennessee State Teachers College , International Fiberglass Company , Accramet Metal Company , Alumni Group On Facebook , Schuler Distributing Company , Dear Vance , Hillcrest High , West Tennessee State Teachers College , White Station Spartans , Roadside Architecture , Kitchen Carpets , Shuler Distributing , High School , Shuler Viking , Elvis Presley Blvd , Hillcrest Viking , Prissy Cook Shuler Harbor , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் ,