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History of the Bearcat Mascot by Greg Hand

The Bearcat Through the Decades

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Football player Leonard, or Teddy, Baehr, 1914

K.S.U. Affair, 1914

The Bearcat, 1922

Basketball star Ethan Allen, 1926
Football player Leonard, or Teddy, Baehr, 1914
K.S.U Affair , 1914
The Bearcat, 1922
Basketball star Ethan Allen, 1926
Ethan Allen
UC Band, 1930
Baby bear, 1931
The Bearcat on sheet music, 1933
Ethan Allen, 1926
UC Band, 1930
Baby Bear, 1931
The Bearcat on sheet music, 1933
Bearcat schedule
Bearcat, 1947
Football coach Sid Gillman and athletic director Chic Mileham, 1949
Bearcat, 1950
Bearcat Schedule, 1942
The Bearcat, 1947

Football coach Sid Gillman and athletic director Chic Mileham, 1949

The Bearcat, 1950
Jumping bearcat
1951 Yearbook
1951 yearbook, administration
1951 yearbook, campus activities
The Bearcat, 1950
1951 Yearbook, Religious Activities
1951 Yearbook, Administration
1951 Yearbook, Campus Activities
Cheerleaders, 1953 Cheerleaders, 1953 Talking head Bearcat, 1954
Cheerleaders, 1953 Cheerleaders, 1953 1953 The Bearcat, 1954
Float, 1955 UC Band, 1956 Cheerleaders, 1956 Cheerleaders, 1957
Float, 1955 UC Band, 1956 Cheerleaders, 1956 Cheerleaders, 1957
Homecoming, 1957 UC Band, 1957 Celebrating the NCAA basketball championship, 1961 Bearcat, 1963
Homecoming, 1957 UC Band, 1957 Celebrating the NCAA basketball championship, 1961 The Bearcat, 1963
Float, 1963 Homecoming, 1964 UC Band, ca. 1965 UC Wrestling, 1969
Float, 1963 Homecoming, 1964 UC Band, ca. 1965 UC Wrestling, 1969
Cheerleaders, 1971 Homecoming, 1971 Fountain Square, 1975 Fountain Square, 1975
Cheerleaders, 1971 Homecoming, 1971 The Bearcat on Fountain Square, 1975 The Bearcat on Fountain Square, 1975
The Bearcat helps president Warren Bennis stump for state status on Fountain Square, 1976 Cheerleaders, 1976 Commencement, 1977 Bearcat, 1978
The Bearcat helps president Warren Bennis stump for state status on Fountain Square, 1976 Cheerleaders, 1976 Commencement, 1977 The Bearcat, 1978
Bearcat Couple, 1978 Homecoming 1980 Biologist J. Robie Vestal in Antarctica, 1984 Cheerleaders, 1987
A Bearcat Couple, 1978 Homecoming, 1980 Biologist J. Robie Vestal in Antarctica, 1984 Cheerleaders, 1987
The binturong, 1989 Bearcat, 1996 Bearcat in his Valentine's Day skivvies, 1997 Bearcat, 2006
The binturong, 1989 The Bearcat, 1996 The Bearcat in his Valentine's Day skivvies, 1997 The Bearcat, 2006
Proposed Bearcat Statue, 2007 President Zimpher with bearcat Baby bearcat  
Proposed Bearcat Statue, 2007

President Nancy Zimpher with the Cincinnati Zoo's new bearcat, 2008

(Courtesy UC Office of Public Relations)

Lucy as a baby, 2008

(Courtesy UC Office of Public Relations)

 

 

 

 

 

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