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  2. Wilbur and Wilma - Wikipedia

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    In 1915, the school's first mascot, a live desert bobcat named "Tom Easter" was brought to campus. He was later renamed "Rufus Arizona" after then U of A president Rufus B. von KleinSmid. [1] For the next fifty years, the school used live mascots, a practice which was discontinued in the 1960s.

  3. University of Arizona - Wikipedia

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    The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) ... Arizona's first mascot was a real desert bobcat named "Rufus Arizona", introduced in 1915. [143]

  4. Arizona Wildcats - Wikipedia

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    Arizona's first mascot was a real desert bobcat named "Rufus Arizona", introduced in 1915 and named after the university's president at the time, Rufus B. von KleinSmid. Rivalries [ edit ]

  5. Sparky the Sun Devil - Wikipedia

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    Sparky the Sun Devil spars with a Notre Dame fan at their matchup at Cowboys Stadium. On March 1, 2013, Arizona State announced they were joining forces with the Walt Disney Company to redesign the mascot costume, as part of an effort to modernize the character, and planned to use the character in comic books, children books and animated features.

  6. List of college mascots in the United States - Wikipedia

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    University of Miami mascot Sebastian the Ibis makes the signature "The U" hand gesture, December 2007. This is an incomplete list of U.S. college mascots' names, consisting of named incarnations of live, costumed, or inflatable mascots.

  7. Arizona State Sun Devils - Wikipedia

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    A strong academic and athletic rivalry exists between the University of Arizona and Arizona State University. Arizona State University fields the more accomplished baseball team with five College World Series national championships (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977 and 1981) to the University of Arizona's four College World Series national championships ...

  8. List of college team nicknames in the United States - Wikipedia

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    University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) Tritons: San Diego, California University of California, San Francisco (UC San Francisco) Bears: San Francisco, California University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara) Gauchos: Santa Barbara, California: University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz) Banana Slugs: Santa Cruz ...

  9. Religious symbolism in U.S. sports team names and mascots

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    Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona - Sun Devils, mascot Sparky the Sun Devil; California University of Pennsylvania, California, Pennsylvania - Vulcans; Central Connecticut State, New Britain, Connecticut - Blue Devils; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina - Blue Devils, derived from a French military unit in World War I. [14]