31 magg 1963 anni - 1963 ASHLAND VIKINGS EST.

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The Ashland Viking story begins in the year 1963 on the border line of the East Village and Noble Square neighborhood, When Puerto Rican migration first came to this area in 1963 there was an immediate flare up of street gangs appearing in the surrounding neighborhoods. In that year of 1963 a group of boys that lived in the area got together and played football on the grounds of Wells High School at 936 N. Ashland (Ashland and Walton). Therefor the earliest Viking history was not about gangs, it was only about hanging out.

The Viking name did not even exist yet. It was not until 1965 that the Viking name first appeared. The teens now had a good football team and needed a name. The Ashland Vikings name was voted in over the Ashland Pirates for the name of their football team. The boys who were also now into girls and partying opened their first club house in a basement at 921 N. Ashland, just off the corner of Ashland and Walton St.

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