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Our Mascots Through the Years

Below are the Bonaventure mascots past and present.       

    *Notice the changes in the Brown Indian.

We started out with the Brown Indian and Brown Squaw.  After years of controversy we changed our mascot because it was viewed as disrespectful of the Seneca Indians.

 

Brown Indian Mascot 1961
John Vetrano

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    Brown Indian Mascot 1965

 Brown Indian Mascot-1967
Joseph Murphy

 

 

 

 

 

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Brown Indian & Brown   Squaw Mascot-1968

 

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Brown Indian Mascot-1969
Bill Swan

 

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Brown Indian
Jim Anastasia, '71
1970 at the NCAA Final Four

 

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Brown Indian & Brown Squaw Mascots-1971

 

 

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Brown Indian
Mike Davis
Brown Squaw
Mary McDonald
1972

Brown Indian
Dominic Conlan
1973

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Brown Squaw
Jane Treichel
1973

 

    Brown Indian
Ken Harrison
1973-74

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Brown Squaw
Nancy Johnson
1973-73

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Brown Squaw-Mo Kennan-1975

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Brown Squaw-Belinda Lolli-1976

 

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Brown Indian Mascot-Nick Benevenuto-1977

 

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Brown Indian Mascot-1978

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Brown Indian Mascot-Bob Taylor-1980

 

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Brown Squaw-Sally Phillips-1981

12Brown Indian  Brown Squaw13 

 

 

1982

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Brown Indian Mid-1980's

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1984

Brown Indian-Mike Marmion, Brown Squaw-Beth Daily 

Brown Squaw-Theresa Crowley

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Brown Indian-Jim Phelps

                  1985                          

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Brown Indian-Steve Horan
1989

                                                

After the Brown Indian we had the Bona Fanatic.  Nobody liked it so it got canned.

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                Bona Fanatic

 

Now we have the Bona Wolf. Everybody loves the Bona Wolf (unless he's standing in your way during a game). 

The Bona Wolf


For more about the mascots visit The Symbols of St. Bonaventure University


Last updated: 04/06/2011

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