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Mascots--History
Handsome
Dan I
Handsome
Dan II
Handsome
Dan III
Handsome
Dan IV
Handsome
Dan V
Handsome
Dan VI
Handsome
Dan VII
Handsome
Dan VIII
Handsome
Dan IX
Handsome
Dan X
Handsome
Dan XI
Handsome
Dan XII
Handsome
Dan XIII
Handsome
Dan XIV
Handsome
Dan XV
Handsome Dan XVI
Handsome Dan XVII
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There was no successor to Handsome Dan I until 1933, when the freshman
class bought with pennies they had collected, a white bulldog and presented
him to Yale and he remained until his death (heart trouble) in
1937. He was taken out to a couple of football games but did not "bring
any luck" as a mascot. He was given to Head Football Coach Ducky Pond.
On the eve of the 1934 Yale-Harvard football game, he was dognapped by
a group of Harvard students. The following day, Yale men winced when
the newspapers carried a photo of him licking "a hamburger", and quite
joyously, at the feet of the John Harvard's statue. His death was the
result of a leg fracture received in a jump.
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