 Bucky Badger in person during a football game at Camp Randall Bucky Badger is the official mascot of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His full name is Buckingham U. Badger and he attends all major sporting events for the Wisconsin Badgers. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Camp Randall Stadium was built in 1917 and is the current home of the Wisconsin Badgers football team. ...
Mascots at the Mascot Olympics in Orlando, Florida. ...
The University of Wisconsin is a public university in the state of Wisconsin. ...
The Wisconsin Badgers are a variety of teams from the University of Wisconsin. ...
Origin
Bucky the badger was first drawn by local Wisconsin artist, Art Evans in 1940. An actual badger from Eau Claire, Wisconsin was used at the first few football games that year but proved to be too fierce to be controlled properly and was retired to the nearby Henry Vilas Zoo. Surprisingly, the school replaced the live badger with a live raccoon named Regdab (backwards for badger). In 1949, a Bucky head-piece was created and a contest was started to properly name the mascot. The winning entry was, of course, Buckingham U. Badger. Genera Mydeus Arctonyx Melogale Meles Mellivora Taxidea For other uses, see Badger (disambiguation). ...
Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 23rd 169,790 km² 420 km 500 km 17 42°30N to 47°3N 86°49W to 92°54W Population - Total (2000) - Density Ranked 18th 5,453,896 38. ...
Henry Vilas Zoo is a moderately-sized public zoo for the Madison, Wisconsin area. ...
Type Species Ursus lotor Linnaeus, 1758 Species Procyon cancrivorus Procyon insularis Procyon lotor Raccoons are mammals native to the Americas in the genus Procyon of the Procyonidae family. ...
Attire and Attitude Bucky wears a cardinal red and white Wisconsin sweater along with a gruff look on his face (the costumed-mascot version is decidedly cheerier, with a beaming smile). Cardinal is a vivid red, which gets its name from the cassocks worn by catholic cardinals. ...
A jumper from Marks & Spencer A sweater, pullover, jumper or jersey is a relatively heavy garment intended to cover the torso and arms of the human body (though in some cases sweaters are made for dogs and occasionally other animals) and typically supposed to go over a shirt, blouse, t...
During sporting events, he is generally seen interacting with the crowd, especially the rambunctious student section. For example, during football games Bucky often directs Section O to dance along with the band's music or pretends to pick fights with certain students. He also has a history of playfully fighting other team's mascots like the University of Minnesota's Goldy Gopher or Purdue University's Purdue Pete. A crowd is a group of people, also known (especially in the United States) as a mob. ...
United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...
Camp Randall Stadium was built in 1917 and is the current home of the Wisconsin Badgers football team. ...
The Wisconsin Band, known for its unique stop at the top high step, performs at the HHH Metrodome during a football game against arch-rival Minnesota. ...
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Bill Segal was the first costumed Bucky Badger. The original Bucky costume was introduced at a pep rally on Friday, November 11, 1949, before the next day's Homecoming game against Iowa (Wisconsin 35, Iowa 13). Carolyn (Connie) Conrad, a UW art student, designed the original chicken wire and papier mache head. Sagal, then head cheerleader, wore his regular cheerleader trousers and sweater and added boxing gloves.
Logo
 classic Bucky Badger, 1940-2002 The modern Bucky Badger logo was part of a group of "comic collegiate badger mascots" created by the Anson W. Thompson Company of Los Angeles in 1940. The company was one of several that manufacturer decals and other logowear for universities. The Madison based Brown's Book Store was the first to order the pose. Other bookstores in the area ordered other poses. (Brown's Book Store has since gone out of business.) The UW athletic department first used the logo on the cover of the 1948 Football Facts and Centennial Sports Review. Image File history File links Bucky_Badger. ...
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That image of Bucky was adopted and used by many local businesses in and around Madison. In 1988 the University of Wisconsin formed a trademark licensing program to register the Bucky logo, which was opposed by local merchants. Ownership was decided in the case University Book Store v. University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. The United States Patent and Trademark Office allowed the UW to register the marks despite previous third-party use on the grounds that the public identified the Bucky Badger logo with the University of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Capitol Motto: Nickname: Mad Town Map Political Statistics Founded 1836 Incorporated 1848 Dane County Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Geographic Statistics Area - Total - Land - Water 219. ...
In 2003, Bucky was given an update, with simplified lines and the "motion W" on his sweater. This might have been done in part to give the University a version of Bucky that was associated with the University alone, and had never been used in any other context.
Variations Blind Bucky is sometimes used to represent the University of Wisconsin Law School [1]. The University of Wisconsin Law School is located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. ...
Pirate Bucky While Bucky has existed in his current form since 1940, one NCAA mascots bear a strange resemblance to the famed badger. The North Carolina State University “Strutting Wolf,” a student designated logo designed in the 1970s, bears a remarkable likeness to Wisconsin’s Bucky Badger.
 A quick comparison of the 1970s wolf and 1940 Bucky reveals a striking semblance. Image File history File links NCSU_WOLF.GIF Summary http://www. ...
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