BADGE, PATCH

Description: VARSITY LETTER, LETTERS, "L", "C", AND "I" IN YELLOW, GREEN AND YELLOW, RESPECTIVELY. LETTERS COMPRISED OF TERRY CLOTH MATERIAL, SET ON GREEN FELT SUPPORT. WHITE STAR IN UPPER LEFT CORNER, FOOTBALL IN LOWER RIGHT CORNER. TWO WHITE DASHES ACROSS THE LETTERS, "L" AND "C".

History: DONOR KENDALL RUSSELL EARNED THIS VARSITY LETTER ALONG WITH ANOTHER VARSITY LETTER (P20080032002) WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL IN GRADES ELEVEN AND TWELVE. DURING AN INTERVIEW IN 2008, RUSSELL PRODUCED JACKET LETTERS AND PHOTOS OF HIMSELF IN HIS FOOTBALL UNIFORM. ALL MATERIALS WERE DONATED TO THE GALT. THE LCI JACKET LETTERS – THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF ANY JACKET - WERE NEVER WORN HE SAID, COMMENTING, “IF YOU HAD THE JACKET, IT WAS FAIRLY APPARENT THAT YOU HAD EARNED THE LETTER”. BEING AWARDED A LETTER MEANT THAT YOU HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERALL EFFORT OF THE TEAM. TO RECEIVE THE LETTERS, RUSSELL SAID, “YOU HAD TO DISPLAY A LEVEL OF COMPETENCE (AND) … HAD TO PLAY SO MUCH TIME ON THE FIELD.” THE LCI COACH DECIDED IF THE LETTER WAS TO BE AWARDED AND, IF GRANTED, IT WAS HANDED OUT BY HIM AT THE ANNUAL AWARDS ASSEMBLY. THE LOOSE LETTERS (P20080032001-2) WERE NEVER SEWN ON RUSSELL’S GRADE ELEVEN JACKET BECAUSE HE “VALUED THEM BEYOND THE VALUE OF THE JACKET”. THE LITTLE STAR REPRESENTS CAPTAIN AND THE TWO BARS MEANT HE HAD TWO LETTERS. “WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT YOU, CAPTAIN OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM/TWO LETTERS, FOR WHATEVER THAT’S WORTH, IT’S IMPORTANT TO SOME PEOPLE”, HE SAID. FOR FULL INTERVIEW AND OTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE P20080001000 (FOOTBALL JACKET) AND PERMANENT RECORDS.