<P> The term can also be construed as implying that the referee is not impartial . </P> <P> The first recorded use of the term "twelfth man" was a magazine published by the University of Minnesota in September, 1900, that referred to "the mysterious influence of the twelfth man on the team, the rooter ." Later, in the November 1912 edition of The Iowa Alumnus, an alumni publication of the University of Iowa (then known as State University of Iowa), E.A. McGowan described the 1903 game between Iowa and the University of Illinois . In his article, titled "The Twelfth Player" McGowan wrote: "The eleven men had done their best; but the twelfth man on the team (the loyal spirited Iowa rooter) had won the game for old S.U.I." </P> <P> An early reference to the numerical "12th Man" term occurred at the 1922 Dixie Classic, featuring Centre College and The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (later known as Texas A&M). During the game, A&M coach Dana X . Bible realized that one more injury would leave him without another backfield player to send into the game . Coach Bible remembered E. King Gill, an A&M basketball player who moonlighted on the football team . Gill had traveled from College Station with the team, but had not dressed . He'd been assigned by Bible to work up in the press box as a spotter for Waco News - Tribune sports editor Jinx Tucker . Gill was called down to the field, where he went beneath the crowded stands and donned the uniform of an injured Aggie player . Then he assumed his place on the Aggie sideline and in A&M football history . The Aggies won the game 22 - 14, but Gill's services were never needed . Gill later said, "I wish I could say that I went in and ran for the winning touchdown, but I did not . I simply stood by in case my team needed me ." Although he did not actually play in the game, his readiness to play was noted . </P> <P> Individuals have occasionally been labeled by local media as the "Twelfth Man" of their team . In 1930, W.H. Adamson, Principal of Oak Cliff (Dallas) High School was called the "Twelfth Man" of the school's American football team by a local reporter due to the rousing pre-game speeches he would give to the players . </P>

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