From Rocket to Rocket Man: Our Mascot

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dc.contributorWard M. Canaday Center for Special Collections, University of Toledo Libraries
dc.contributorUniversity of Toledo
dc.coverageToledo, Ohio, United States
dc.coverage1872-2020
dc.date2022
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-16T16:34:49Z
dc.date.available2024-05-16T16:34:49Z
dc.descriptionFrom Rocket to Rocket Man: Our Mascot: Rocky emerged as the University of Toledo's mascot as a personified depiction of a real rocket in 1965, appearing as a cartoon on football programs. He made his first physical appearance during the 1966-1967 season, although information is not available on who wore the costume until 1970. Rocky's design has seen many changes in the 50+ years since his debut, including a white sheet with "TU" emblazoned on the chest, a wastepaper basket with a pointed rocket top made of papier-mache, a suit and helmet on loan from the NASA Space Center, and the jumpsuits of the rocket man and woman today, Rocky and Rocksy.
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dc.identifierutoledo:12790
dc.identifieriid: excase1-caseview
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14324/373
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation"Vision, Faith, and Hard Work": The University of Toledo at 150 (An Exhibition)
dc.rightsNo Copyright – United States
dc.rights.urihttps://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
dc.subjectUniversity of Toledo -- History
dc.subjectExhibitions -- University of Toledo
dc.titleFrom Rocket to Rocket Man: Our Mascot
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