The History of the Stanford Axe
General Overviews of Axe History
The Stanford Axe
. Published in 1930, contains articles by Norm Horner and the Immortal 21.
The Story of the Stanford Axe, by Sean Rouse (Cal, 1990)
15 April 1899 -- The First Theft
The Complete 1899 Axe Theft Page
3 April 1930 -- Stanford Regains the Axe; The Immortal 21
The Complete 1930 Axe Theft Page
15 November 1945 -- Failed Theft Attempt
Bears Try Axe Theft,
The Stanford Daily
28 April 1946 -- Cal Steals the Axe
The Complete 1946 Axe Theft Page
28 June 1948 -- Stanford Steals the Axe
The Complete 1948 Axe Theft Page
9 June 1953 -- The Axe Is Missing
The Complete 1953 Axe Theft Page
May 1967 -- The Axe Is Missing...Again!
The Complete 1967 Axe Theft Page
20 November 1973 -- Ming's Heist
The Complete 1973 Axe Theft Page
20 November 1982 -- "The Play"
NCAA awards Big Game to Stanford,
"The Daily Californian"
. The way it should have been, as told in a joke edition of the Daily Californian distributed on the Berkeley campus a few days after Big Game.
Big Game Bonfire -- A Stanford Tradition
Bonfire Page
