Charlie Cardinal

Charlie Cardinal
Charlie at a Ball State Cardinals football game in 2011.
University	Ball State University
Conference	MAC
Description	Anthropomorphic cardinal
First seen	1927

Charlie Cardinal is the mascot of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. He is an anthropomorphic cardinal.

Ball State's athletics teams have been known as the Cardinals since 1927. Originally nicknamed the "Hooserions," discontent led to a school newspaper-sponsored contest to find a new nickname. When no acceptable choices came, a committee was formed, and it was a member of this committee, Professor Paul Billy Williams, who came up with the new nickname of Cardinals. He came up with it while talking to Coach Norman G. Wann, another committee member, about how the logo of his favorite team, the Saint Louis Cardinals, looked distinctive on the jersey of Rogers Hornsby.

Actor and mime Doug Jones portrayed Charlie when he attended Ball State in the early 1980s.

Former University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee mascot

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Cardinals (now the Panthers) had a "Charlie Cardinal" mascot in the 1956-1964 period. Two characters in the Milwaukee-based sitcom Happy Days appeared in one episode in their Charlie Cardinal outfits.

References

BallStateSports.com

Ball State University

Located in: Muncie, Indiana

Academics	Colleges: Architecture and Planning Business Communication, Information, and Media Teachers Other: Burris Laboratory School Center for Business and Economic Research Center for Middletown Studies Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities Robert F. Kennedy Speech Collection

Athletics	Ball State Cardinals Football Baseball Men's basketball Scheumann Stadium Worthen Arena Ball Diamond Irving Gymnasium Pride of Mid-America Marching Band Blue Key Victory Bell Bronze Stalk Trophy Charlie Cardinal Mid-American Conference

Campus	History Art Museum Auditorium Beneficence Bracken House Bracken Library Christy Woods Frog Baby LaFollette Complex Observatory Orchid Collection and Species Bank Shafer Tower

Life	The Daily News Stance WBST WBSU-TV WCRD WIPB

People	Alumni Ball brothers Presidents

Founded: 1918 · Students: 21,053 · Endowment: $192.11 million

Ball State Cardinals football

Venues	Scheumann Stadium (1967–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Indiana State (Blue Key Victory Bell) Northern Illinois (Bronze Stalk Trophy)

Culture & lore	Charlie Cardinal The Pride of Mid-America Marching Band

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Ball State Cardinals men's basketball

Venues	Ball Gymnasium (1925–1963) Irving Gymnasium (1963–1992) John E. Worthen Arena (1992–present)

Culture & lore	Charlie Cardinal

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1942–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Mascots of the Mid-American Conference

East Division	Zippy (Akron) Freddie and Frieda (Bowling Green) Victor E. Bull (Buffalo) Flash the Golden Eagle (Kent State) Swoop (Miami) Rufus (Ohio)

West Division	Charlie Cardinal (Ball State) No mascot (Central Michigan) Swoop (Eastern Michigan) Victor E. Huskie (Northern Illinois) Rocky the Rocket (Toledo) Buster Bronco (Western Michigan)

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