 | | 2019-09-05 20:05
From blog Atomic Redhead
Ruffled Feathers: Donald Duck and the University of Oregon
It’s football season, and while I may not be a football fan, I am reminded of my alma mater, the University of Oregon, and its unique mascot history with Disney.
Yes, as you may already know and can see here, Donald Duck was (and still kind of is) the mascot for the University of Oregon. But just how?
The mascot history of the UO begins in 1894, when the football team was labeled “webfoots” in a newspaper article, due to the near constant rains in Oregon. In 1904, the name caught on at the UO, and was used officially by the University in 1902 as the title of the yearbook. However, and ironically, the term didn’t stick with the press,...
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