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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Duke_DogDuke Dog - Wikipedia

    Duke Dog is the official mascot for the James Madison University Dukes. "Dukes" was made the official nickname in 1947, and was named after the University's president from 1919 to 1949, Samuel Page Duke. However, the bulldog was not chosen to represent the Dukes until the 1972–1973 school year.

  3. Sep 13, 2023 · Learn how the Dukes nickname was chosen in honor of James Madison University's second president, Samuel P. Duke, and how the Duke Dog mascot was created by Dr. Ray Sonner in 1972. See the different versions of Duke Dog as a bulldog, a human, a statue and a cartoon.

  4. Jan 24, 2023 · Duke Dog is the James Madison Dukes mascot, an eight-foot-tall barking behemoth that has been the paw-sporting presence of the program since Nov. 28, 1982. While the current version of Duke Dog has been in existence since 1982, there was a previous, less regal version that first appeared in 1972.

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  5. Sep 13, 2023 · Duke IV's registered name was “James Madison's Duke.” Like Duke III, he was kept by the Nelsons during his reign. Duke IV attended most home football games and some basketball games each year over the next dozen years, remaining JMU's four legged mascot until his death in 1994.

  6. Sep 13, 2023 · The current mascot, extremely popular with fans young and old, was the brainchild of Dr. Ray V. Sonner, the vice president for university relations who was behind the bulldog mascot and the Duke Dog cartoon. Sonner commissioned a professionally-made mascot outfit to be worn by student volunteers.

  7. Jun 1, 2024 · The current mascot, extremely popular with fans young and old, was the brainchild of Dr. Ray V. Sonner, the vice president for university relations who was behind the bulldog mascot and the Duke Dog cartoon. Sonner commissioned a professionally-made mascot outfit to be worn by student volunteers.

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  9. Mar 24, 2024 · James Madison University's athletic teams are called the Dukes to honor former president Samuel P. Dukes, who helped expand the school. The mascot is a bulldog named Duke the Dog, created in the 1970s as a joke on the school's name.