Heritage: Intramural, Extra Fun

To call it “recreational competition” is to be oxymoronic. Some intramural fun throughout the years.
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By Gustavus Staff on October 22, 2024
A leap to tag misses in a game of men's intramural softball

A flying leap can't catch this batter during a muddy men’s intramural softball game in 1971.

Certainly every Gustavus intramural team in history had its intense rivalries—between residence halls, dorm floors, class years, and other factions. Still, no matter how hard you went on that friendly game of [insert preferred intramural here], you’re probably still friends with all the folks you played. Until the rematch, that is. Here are a few photos from Gustavus Adolphus College Library Archives. Did you know there's a digital collection of photos and publications you can browse and search as well?

“Powder puff” football, 1972
Bowling in 1968 at the Gustavus bowling alley, which was in the student union, which was destroyed in the 1998 tornado.
Broomball, with Norelius (Co-Ed) in the background, early 1970s
Students on skis outside of Old Main with the Auditorium in the background, circa 1920.
Badminton, 2012, Lund Forum
Flag football, 2012
Intramural soccer, 2012
Intramural volleyball in Lund Forum, 2012
Intramural water polo, 1972, in the pool that became The Dive which is now the Center for Inclusive Excellence