ocr: The Crimson Tide In early newspaper accounts of Alabama football, the team was simply listed as the - varsity" or the "Crimson White" after the school colors. The first nickname to become popular and used by the headline writers was the "Thin Red Line". This nickname was used until 1906. The name "Crimson Tide" 1S supposed to have first been used by Hugh Roberts, form sports editor of the Birmingham Age- Herald. He used "Crimson Tide" in describing an Alabama-Auburn game played in Birmingham in 1907, the last football contest between the two schools until 1948 when the series was resumed. The ...
(.png)
