spraguezilla said:
Wow, I liked the other story on how Glenville got their name alot better.
....something along the lines of before the school had an official mascot or nickname the coach was always demanding his players to "Go out there and beat the tar and blood out of 'em!!!" Eventually the players earned the reputation as the Tarblooders and the name stuck.
Don't know if it is true or not, but it beats being known from "a railroad term".
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I had heard the same story as well spraguezilla. Although I found this:
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/sports/3220087.htm
Glenville Tarblooders -- The nickname honors the hard-working and proud citizens of the Cleveland neighborhood who used to haul tar from the tarpits to the railroad tracks.
http://www.thisweeknews.com/print_t...10804/common/Sports/010804-Sports-360495.html
History also seems to have played a major role in the nickname chosen by Cleveland Glenville, which calls itself the Tarblooders.
"There are several versions to how we got that name, but the one I like has to do with the bringing about of the Glenville community," Glenville athletics director Gretchen Taylor said. "The railroad had a lot to do with the development of the community, and those railroads were built by members of the community. The name refers to all of the blood and sweat and all of the steel and tar that went into putting down the tracks.
"We love our nickname. It's a unique name; no one else has it. And we think it represents us well because we're pretty rough and tough."
http://www.cincinnati.com/preps/2003/10/03/mascots03.html
• "Tarblooders," (from a 1940s chant to beat the "tar" and "blood" out of opponents), Glenville, Cleveland.
http://www.cleveland.com/forums/hsfoot/index.ssf?artid=64494
14303. HISTORY LESSON BWKAPPA
by wstsidefball, 11/23/04 18:44 ET
I hate to do this to you buddy, because you are a good poster, But I want people to know the right answer. First, the tarblooders did not get their nickname until the forties. I know this because my grandfather and grandmother in law (i guess that's what she is) went there in the late twenties and and early thirties respectively. It really has nothing to do with the industrial revolution. Students began cheering that their team would knock the "tar" and "blood" out of the opponents. That is also why their school colors are red and black. What their robo-tin man mascot has to do with it is anyone's guess, but i hear it was a student design contest, and that was the winner.
http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/news/stories/20030318/topstories/1201465.html
Certainly Tarblooders, the mascot of Cleveland's Glenville High School, is the most unique of school nicknames.
Exactly what is a Tarblooder? Would you believe a cross of a robot and a tinman?
According to the school, the Tarblooder name came from "a football battle cry that started during the 1940s indicating that members of the Glenville team would whack the 'tar' and the 'blood' from its opponents. Thus, our colors are red and black."
It never really explains the robot/tinman connection, however.
