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Blaze (UAB mascot)

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Conference
  
C-USA

First seen
  
6 January 1996

Description
  
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Blaze is the mascot of the University of Alabama at Birmingham's athletics teams. He is a fire-breathing European dragon.

Blaze (UAB mascot) Blaze the fiery but friendly dragon from UAB Mascots

UAB's athletic history goes back to 1977, when Gene Bartow was named the school's first athletic director. In January 1978, a campuswide vote bestowed the nickname "Blazers" on the team, hoping that the teams would "blaze" a new trail in college athletics. Originally, there was no official mascot, but that changed in 1995, when a European dragon was chosen as the mascot.

Blaze (UAB mascot) University of Alabama at Birmingham Spare Tire Cover with blaze the

On January 6, 1996, "Blaze" was introduced at a basketball game. "Blaze" is considered a member of the spirit squads, and appears at all football and basketball games. Blaze's head has appeared on the sides of UAB's football helmets since 1996, when the team moved up to Division I-A.

References

Blaze (UAB mascot) Wikipedia


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