US EditionWhat's in a name? Vikings pondered several nicknames, including Twins and Wolves
- On Sept. 27, 1960, the Minnesota NFL club declared the team's name: Vikings.
- The team chose the Vikings name to honor the region's Norwegian heritage.
- William Boyer, the team president, stated a nickname should show a will to win.
- Boyer said a team name should "represent an aggressive person or animal."
- The Minnesota Twins adopted the state's name, and newspapers announced it Nov. 27, 1960.
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What's in a name? Vikings pondered several nicknames, including Twins and Wolves
MINNEAPOLIS -- Roger Staubach’s Hail Mary pass to Drew Pearson in the 1975 divisional game at Met Stadium could have happened in a game between the Twins and Rangers. Hold on!Twins and Rangers? As the Sports Time Machine looked back at the first season of the Minnesota Twins — for clarity, today’s Major League Baseball team — there was a time when the expansion football team in Minnesota considered the Twins as its nickname. All sorted out, the …
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