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Big Jay (mascot)
One of the official mascots of Kansas Jayhawks From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Big Jay is one of the costume mascots of the Kansas Jayhawks.[1] Together, Big Jay and Baby Jay are Jayhawks and are the mascots used by the University of Kansas.[1] Another mascot named Centennial Jay was temporarily used in 2012.[2][3]
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The original mascot for the Kansas Jayhawks was a bulldog. In 1912, the Jayhawk was first seen in a cartoon by Henry Maloy in The University Daily Kansan. [4]
In November 1958, the Jayhawk became the official mascot for Kansas University. [5] The "Jayhawk" idea came from the combination of a blue jay and a sparrow hawk. [4]
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