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A live alligator named Albert first appeared at football games during the 1957 season, and served as the mascot of the football team on the field before the costumed version of Albert became the mascot in 1970. [1] He was joined by a female version, Alberta, in 1984. [2] They often appear as a couple, but also appear alone. [3]
A fictional Muppet alligator who chases Bernie the Agent in Kermit's swamp. Later appeared as a talking alligator in Kermit's Swamp Years. Daisy An Alligator Named Daisy: 1955 J. Lee Thompson: A young man's life is complicated by the inheritance of an alligator. [21] Ramon Alligator: 1980 Lewis Teague: A mutated American alligator from the ...
Kelly created the characters of Pogo the possum and Albert the alligator in 1941 for issue No. 1 of Dell's Animal Comics in the story "Albert Takes the Cake". [1] Both were comic foils for a young black character named Bumbazine (a corruption of bombazine, a fabric that was usually dyed black and used largely for mourning wear), who lived in the swamp.
Gator mascots. Three states chose reptiles that were already prominently associated with a major university in the state: Florida honored the American alligator in 1987, but the Gators have titled the University of Florida's teams since 1911. In that year, a printer made a spur-of-the-moment decision to print an alligator emblem on a shipment ...
When an alligator began squatting at the USCG station in Venice, Louisiana, the guardsmen decided to make it a member of the team, according to a April 4 Facebook post. “Meet our station’s ...
The mascot stuck, and was made official in 1911, perhaps because the team captain's nickname was Gator. [158] Allegheny College and San Francisco State University both have Gators as their mascots, as well.
Trader Joe’s unofficial mascot is a lobster. Buc-ee’s , the Texas-based food market and gas stop that has expanded to Florida, is all about Bucc-ee the Beaver, on signs and on merch.
Viktor is a smiling Viking caricature whose head looks similar to the Vikings logo. Previously, Ragnar was one of two "human" mascots in professional North American sports (i.e. not in any animal or caricature costume), with Lucky the Leprechaun of the Boston Celtics being the other. Ragnar was dressed as a Viking, but in 2015 did not renew his ...