Forming the roots of a deep seated rivalry, representatives of UCLA and USC decide to award the Victory Bell to the winner of the annual football game. As part of the tradition, the bell is painted with the winning team's colors for the whole next season.

While a student at UCLA, Jackie Robinson becomes the school's first athlete to letter in four sports. A few years later, he is the first black athlete to play in Major League Baseball, a proud moment for UCLA.

Though we endure a disappointing loss, UCLA makes its first of 12 Rose Bowl appearances.

Securing its first NCAA Championship win, the men's tennis team beats out cross-town rivals USC as well as UC Berkeley. They bring the title home just four years after the formation of the NCAA.

Igniting the now-famous cross-town rivalry, the UCLA Bruins go up against the USC Trojans, who just played an undefeated season the previous year, in a football game that goes down in history.

John Wooden becomes the head coach of UCLA men's basketball. At the time, the hire is celebrated, but few could have guessed the impact that Wooden's relationship with UCLA would have. Expanding his outreach beyond athletics into culture and community, Wooden would become one of the most heralded coaches in the history of organized. sports.

The UCLA Women's Water Polo team wins the national championship, becoming the first university to win 100 NCAA titles.