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The Origin of Alabama's Mascot


The Elephant Story - Alabama Athletics

The story of how Alabama became associated with the "elephant" goes back to the 1930 season when Coach Wallace Wade had assembled a great football team.

Big Al (mascot) - Wikipedia

Big Al (mascot) ; University, University of Alabama ; Conference, SEC ; Description, Anthropomorphic elephant ; Origin of name, University of Alabama ; First seen ...

Why is Alabama's mascot an elephant? Origin, history and Big Al's ...

Big Al, Alabama's elephant mascot, has roamed the sidelines for more than 30 years. But the history of the Crimson Tide's mascot began decades ...

The story behind Alabama's elephant mascot - Yahoo Sports

During the 1940s, the school kept a live elephant mascot named "Alamite." It was a regular on gamedays, and for several years it would carry ...

UA Mascot Big Al - Encyclopedia of Alabama

Big Al, the University of Alabama elephant mascot, dates back to the 1930s and the tenure of football coach Wallace Wade.

Dogs, a donkey and the Alamites were Alabama mascots long ...

The mascot action picked up in the 1940s. The decade after getting the elephant label, Alabama got an actual elephant. Alamite, followed by ...

Alabama Crimson Tide Mascot History - College Football Network

Learn the story behind Alabama's mascot, Big Al the Elephant, and read how this iconic figure became a symbol of the Crimson Tide's powerful football legacy.

Alabama football: Why is the Crimson Tide's mascot an elephant?

Bryant was Alabama's football coach and athletic director, not to mention a legendary figure that Crimson Tide fans would never cross. When ...

Why is Alabama's mascot an elephant? - Quora

The origin of the mascot dates back to 1930. On October 8, 1930, a sportswriter for the Atlanta Journal, Everett Strupper, wrote about the previous weekend's ...

Why is Alabama Crimson Tide's mascot an elephant?

When talk of a costumed mascot gained steam, officials convinced Dye to try out and he ended up being the first to don the new costume with the ...

Why Is Alabama's Mascot an Elephant, and What Is a Crimson Tide?

With Bryant's support, the university made an elephant the team's official mascot in 1980, and Big Al made his debut at the Sugar Bowl. (He was ...

The history of Big Al at Alabama - The Crimson White

In the 1940s Alabama began to feature only the elephant mascot, but before the elephant came several different “mascots.” This included a bulldog and sometimes ...

Unraveling The Mystery: Why Is The Mascot Of Alabama An Elephant?

What is the Origin of Alabama's Elephant Mascot? ... The story of Alabama's elephant mascot dates back to the late 1930s. But how did an elephant ...

What is the Crimson Tide? Alabama basketball nickname, elephant ...

Alabama's mascot is an elephant, but Big Al is the elephant when it comes to Crimson Tide athletics. Alabama's unofficial mascot from 1930 ...

Why Is The Mascot Of Alabama An Elephant?

The origin of the Alabama mascot can be traced back to the early 20th century. In 1930, during a football game against Ole Miss, a sportswriter ...

How college chose their mascot: Alabama Crimson Tide - YouTube

How college chose their mascot: Alabama Crimson Tide ... The Unbelievable History of Strawberries. Fire of Learning•2.9M views.

The History Of Big Al, the Alabama Crimson Tide Elephant Mascot

Here is the 3rd installment of season 2 of my “History Of” series In this video I go over the history of the mascot of the university of ...

How Alabama got the nickname 'Crimson Tide' - NCAA.com

Former Birmingham Age-Herald sports editor Hugh "Doc" Roberts is credited with giving Alabama its nickname, according to the University of Alabama athletics ...

Traditions | The University of Alabama

UA's football team was first known as the Thin Red Line or the Crimson White. As the story goes, that changed on a soggy day in 1907, when Alabama went to ...

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Why does Alabama have an elephant mascot? #shorts @HomeDepot ✔ ... The History Of Big Al, the Alabama Crimson Tide Elephant Mascot.