University of Arizona button
date: label: date made
content: ca 1960
notes: label: Description
content: Round pinback button marked "Arizona University" with attached ribbon and football charm.
label: Description
content: The University of Arizona football team, the Wildcats, first took the field in 1899. An independent until 1931 when they joined the Border Conference, the team moved to the Western Athletic Conference in 1962. In 1978 they became part of the Pac-12, leaving for the Big 12 in 2024.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Arizona, Tucson
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Football
label: level of sport
content: collegiate
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Vicki L. Thorn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0773.142
label: accession number
content: 1986.0773
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0773.142
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (chain color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (football color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (ribbon color)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (ribbon color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (football color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (button; football material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (ribbon material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 1 1/4 in; 10.16 cm x 3.175 cm