Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Edmonton Swastikas.
HOW HAS THIS NOT COME UP BEFORE? Surely, in this whole big, wide internet, somebody has like a great grandma who told them stories of when she used to play for the Edmonton Swastikas (if that’s the case, you had better email me, stat, with some details) – and you were all like, “I’m sorry great grandmother, WTF did you just say? No, no, keep talking, I just have to put this on the internet for EVERYONE ELSE TO ENJOY.”
Yep, I realize that back in 1916 the Swastika was a symbol of good luck, and hadn’t received basically the WORST P.R. campaign of any symbol ever. But somehow, that just makes this even better.
There’s a post on Yahoo sports post with more details here, including how back in the day “Swastikas” was actually a really popular team name. This kind of smacks of “A League of their Own.” But with hockey. And swastikas.
…so, will “Crackercats” be some kind of ethnic slur a hundred years from now?
“…so, will “Crackercats” be some kind of ethnic slur a hundred years from now?”
It already is, kinda. Cracker is a slur for a caucasian.
Wow. This explains so much about Edmonton…