From 1970 through the early 2000s, the Blue Devil took many shapes interchangeably.
"We didn't have a universal Blue Devil logo that we used," Mr. Robertson noted, "Pretty much anybody could use any Blue Devil that they chose to use at any time."
This inconsistency meant that sometimes, you'd see a Blue Devil with a mustache, yet other times, the Blue Devil would not have a mustache. Document creation, in regards to which Blue Devil was used, was largely left to the person creating the document.
It is important to note that the bottom three Blue Devils were all 'borrowed' from Duke University. In fact, our use of the Blue Devil in the middle even prompted a cease and desist from Duke University!
This is because the logo is trademarked (copyrighted) and they own the rights to it. Duke can use the graphic, and they can also tell others when they can or can't use it.
The full-body Devil was used on notebook covers at TMS and THS during the 90s--another logo taken from Duke.
This is a scan of the first documented Blue Devil, which appeared on the cover of the 1953 school yearbook.
