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 |
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Ethan Allen, 1926 |
UC Band, 1930 |
Baby Bear, 1931 |
The Bearcat on sheet music, 1933 |
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Bearcat Schedule, 1942 |
The Bearcat, 1947 |
Football coach Sid Gillman and athletic director Chic Mileham, 1949
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The Bearcat, 1950 |
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The Bearcat, 1950 |
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1951 Yearbook, Religious Activities |
1951 Yearbook, Administration |
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| 1951 Yearbook, Campus Activities |
Cheerleaders, 1953 |
Cheerleaders, 1953 |
Bearcat Sketch, 1953 |
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| The Bearcat, 1954 |
Float, 1955 |
UC Band, 1956 |
Cheerleaders, 1957 |
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| Cheerleaders, 1957 |
Homecoming, 1957 |
UC Band, 1957 |
Smile Awhile!
circa 1960 |
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Celebrating the NCAA basketball championship, 1961 |
The Bearcat, 1963 |
Float, 1963 |
Homecoming, 1964 |
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| UC Band, ca. 1965 |
UC Wrestling, 1969 |
Cheerleaders, 1971 |
Homecoming, 1971 |
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| 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 |
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| Commencement, 1977 |
The Bearcat, 1978 |
A Bearcat Couple, 1978 |
Homecoming, 1980 |
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| Biologist J. Robie Vestal in Antarctica, 1984 |
Cheerleaders, 1987 |
The binturong, 1989 |
The Bearcat, 1996 |
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| The Bearcat in his Valentine's Day skivvies, 1997 |
The Bearcat, 2006 |
Proposed Bearcat Statue, 2007 |
President Nancy Zimpher with the Cincinnati Zoo's new bearcat, 2008
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Lucy as a baby, 2008
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