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TAR HEEL   

18"  LARGE COLLEGIATE LICENSE PRODUCT

HAS TAG ON ARM

PART OF HIS BODY IS LIKE A WOOLY LAMB

CAME FROM TEAM SPIRIT TOY FACTORY

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YOU MAY WONDER WHY NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS Has a ram for a mascot here is a fun fact!

"In 1924 school spirit was at a peak,"But something seemed to be missing. One day it hit THEM. State had a wolf. What Carolina needed was a symbol."

Two years earlier the Tar Heels had posted a brilliant 9-1 record. The star of that 1922 team was bruising fullback named Jack Merritt. Merritt was nicknamed "the battering ram" for the way he plunged into lines. It seemed natural to Huggins to link a mascot with Merritt's unusual sobriquet.

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