Richard C. Stoll

Richard Charles Stoll was a judge and prominent alumnus of the University of Kentucky. He is the namesake of Stoll Field, and the origin for the school's color scheme.

Early years

Richard C. Stoll was born on March 21, 1876, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Richard P. and Elvina Stoll.

College

Kentucky State College

Stoll was a varsity letterman for the Kentucky Wildcats football team. The 1891 team's colors were blue and light yellow, decided before the Centre-Kentucky game on December 19. A student asked "What color blue?" and Stoll pulled off his necktie, and held it up. This is still held as the origin of Kentucky's shade of blue. The next year light yellow was dropped and changed to white.

Yale

After his time at Kentucky State College, he entered Yale Law school.