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On October 8, 1930, a sportswriter for the Atlanta Journal, Everett Strupper, wrote about the previous weekend's Alabama-Ole Miss football game.He wrote, "That Alabama team of 1930 is a typical [Coach Wallace] Wade machine, powerful, big, tough, fast, aggressive, well-schooled in fundamentals, and the best blocking team for this early in the season that I have ever seen.
The oldest symbol is the Alabama State Bible, from 1853. [1] The most recently designated symbol is the Little Bluestem, Alabama's state native grass, established in 2024. Alabama does not have an official nickname, although "Heart of Dixie" was strongly promoted by the Alabama Chamber of Commerce in the 1940s and 1950s, and put on state ...
Pages in category "Symbols of Alabama" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. ... List of Alabama state symbols; A. Alabama (Julia Tutwiler song)
U.S. states, districts, and territories have representative symbols that are recognized by their state legislatures, territorial legislatures, or tradition. Some, such as flags, seals, and birds have been created or chosen by all U.S. polities, while others, such as state crustaceans, state mushrooms, and state toys have been chosen by only a few.
UAB's first mascot, an unnamed furry pink dragon, was introduced in 1978 during a men's basketball game; this mascot disappeared the following season due to unpopularity.
A recent Washington Post analysis of government data between 2001 and 2013 found that the main culprits are flying insects such as bees, wasps, and hornets which kill an average of 58 people annually.
Racer 1— live horse mascot of the Murray State Racers; The Raider – mascot of Colgate University; Raider Red – one of the official mascots of the Texas Tech Red Raiders; Rally – the mascot of the University of Vermont Catamounts. Rally the Red Hawk – the mascot of the Ripon College (Wisconsin) Red Hawks.
In their almanac of U.S. state symbols, Benjamin and Barbara Shearer spend comparatively little text on state reptiles. They spend a full chapter each on state birds, trees and flowers; within those chapters, they take about a half page to describe the campaign to establish each state's specific symbol. [89]