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I had not, but I Googled him and liked the story. He also showed up after my 1919 cutoff date so I did not come across him.

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Iowa had a bear cub "Burch" in 1908 and 1909. It appears in the team photos. Lived in a cage under the stadium. Went to road games also. It grew up and was hard to handle. In March 1910, it escaped and fell through the ice on the river. Newspapers said the body was given to UI's museum, who kept the head, but the museum has no record of it.

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