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References. External links. Big Al (mascot) Big Al is the costumed elephant mascot of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Alabama . History. 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 Alabama - Ole Miss football game.
7 de feb. de 2017 · In the early 1960s, UA student Melford Espey Jr. became the first to wear an elephant head costume as the school's mascot, here leading the Tide at a home game, though he was not officially...
10 de jun. de 2016 · History of Big Al. Request a public appearance by Big Al! 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. On October 8, 1930, sports writer Everett Strupper of the Atlanta Journal wrote a story of the Alabama-Mississippi game he had ...
12 de sept. de 2014 · 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 earlier at an Alabama-Ole Miss football game.
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UA Mascot Big Al. Big Al, the University of Alabama elephant mascot, dates back to the 1930s and the tenure of football coach Wallace Wade. During a game against the University of Mississippi, a fan in the stands referred to the Alabama linemen as "elephants" because they were larger than the Ole Miss players; journalists soon began referring ...
22 de abr. de 2023 · Big Al and Big Alice — the elephant mascots — didn't officially become the official mascots of Alabama athletics until 1979 when the then-head coach and athletic director Bear Bryant approved the idea from UA student Walt Tart and homecoming chairman Ann Paige.
