10 Things You Never Knew About Uga
1.Uga I was a belated wedding gift from a friend of Mrs. Cecelia Seiler.
2.Uga I officially joined UGA in 1956 after the university’s former mascot, a brindle-colored bulldog named Butch, was inexplicably shot by a Warner Robins policeman.
3.When UGA played its first football game in 1892, the unofficial mascot was a goat.
4.Emmy Award winner Deborah Norville shopped for Uga III’s t-shirt while she was a student at UGA.
5.Uga IV joined Herschel Walker at the 1982 Heisman Awards. He is the only mascot ever to be invited.
6.Halfway through the 1986 season, Uga IV tore a crucial ligament in his left leg. He received nearly 100 get well cards, far outnumbering the cards running back Tim Worley got after suffering a knee injury the same year.
7.When UGA’s National Alumni Association was created in 1995, Uga V was the first member.
8.Uga V was the first mascot afforded the luxury of an air-conditioned dog house, provided by Fred Hazelwood, a Georgia fan and president of the Bahamian Bulldog Club in Nassau.
9.To honor his Sports Illustrated cover and his participation in Savannah’s annual St. Patrick’s day parade, Uga V received an honorary Doctor of Irish Literature degree from Armstrong Atlantic State University.
10.The honored guests listed on an invitation to a congressional reception in Washington included Vince Dooley and Mark Richt. But the name at the top of the list was Uga VI.