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unusual facts about Big Red



Louis Pelletier

Over the next decade he wrote six screenplays including Big Red, which was adapted from the Jim Kjelgaard novel, and Follow Me, Boys!, which was adapted from the MacKinlay Kantor novel.

Stephen Baby

While at Cornell a popular cheer for fans of the Big Red consisted of a parody of Bruce Channel's hit Hey! Baby with the lyrics changed to extol Baby's pugnacious nature on the ice.


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1976 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

In a 35-degree driving rainstorm, the Big Red did the improbable with goalie Dan Mackesey pitching a shut.

2011–12 Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey season

The players that have committed to join the Big Red include Jessica Brown (of the Pittsburgh Elite), Kelly Murray, Victoria Pittens, Cassandra Poudrier (from Dawson College), Morgan Richardson (older sister of the late Daron Richardson), and Anna Zorn.

All Sport

In 2007, All Sport was purchased by Gary Smith, who established All Sport, Inc. as a subsidiary of Big Red, Inc.

Dracula Piller

The Dracula Piller bag features a picture of the famous fictional vampire Dracula, with his name written in big, red, blood-dripping letters.

Eamonn Andrews Studios

Eamonn Andrews Studios was founded by broadcaster Eamonn Andrews, famous for being the presenter with the big red book of This Is Your Life, a British television programme.

Fixed Bayonets!

Though the US 1st Infantry Division did not serve in Korea, Fuller names his General and Regimental Commander after his the men he served under in "The Big Red One" Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr. and George A. Taylor as well as making the Regiments the ones of the Division in World War II, the 16th, 18th and 26th.

Guzzo

Sergeant Guzzo, a character in Call of Duty 2: Big Red One and Call of Duty 3

Henry Thomas Davies

On the 18th of February 1976 Eamonn Andrews surprised Shrimp Davies with his “Big Red Book”.

It's Martini Time

The song "Big Red Rocket of Love" appears in the film Modern Vampires as well as the video game Motorstorm on the PlayStation 3.

Port Huron High School

The "Big Red Marching Machine" has performed in many high visibility fori, including the Summer Olympics (Munich, 1972), the Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade, and Walt Disney World.

Slaves to Gravity

They released the singles "Big Red" and "Meantime"; both entered the UK Rock Chart at Numbers "4" and "3" respectively.

The Big Red Spark

The Big Red Spark is the second full-length album by the English progressive rock band Tinyfish.

The Big Red Spark was awarded nine out of ten by Geoff Barton in the October edition of Classic Rock.

The Five Heartbeats

The group searches for a record company they can trust, but the only ones that will sign them are Caucasian operated and insist that their songs be covered by a white group named The Five Horsemen, giving the Heartbeats only minor song writing credit, thus forcing them to sign with Big Red.

Thomas Enright

He, along with Corporal James Bethel Gresham of Evansville, Indiana, and Private Merle David Hay of Glidden, Iowa, all serving in Company F, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division (“The Big Red One”), were the first Americans to die in combat during the First World War when on November 3, 1917, German troops trench raided their position near the village of Bathelémont les Bauzemont in the Lorraine (region), east of Nancy.

Torquil Norman

After working as an investment banker in the United States for eleven years, he returned to the UK in the 1960s and subsequently entered the toymaking industry, first as chief executive of Berwick Timpo toy company from 1973, and then in 1980 founding Bluebird Toys, makers of the Big Yellow Teapot House, the Big Red Fun Bus, and the very successful Polly Pocket line of dolls.