Jack the Bulldog is the official mascot of the Georgetown University Hoyas athletics teams. Jack has been the name of at least five live Bulldogs since 1962, when the name first came into use, though Georgetown counts six official bulldog mascots including the two living ones. The current incarnation of Jack is an English Bulldog born in 2003 whose full name is John S. Carroll. A puppy born in 2012 named Jack Junior, or J.J., began assisting Jack in April 2012, allowing Jack Sr. to retire after the 2012–13 school year and transfer his duties to Jack Junior.
Jack was not always the name of the Georgetown Hoyas' mascot, nor was the mascot always a bulldog, as other types of dogs, particularly bull terriers, were associated with the sports teams before 1962. In 2009, the American Kennel Club ranked Jack as the 8th most popular dog in American culture. Today, Georgetown is among thirty-nine American universities to use a bulldog as their mascot, with Georgia, Butler, Mississippi State and Yale being the only others with a live bulldog. Jack is also portrayed by a costumed character Bulldog mascot, a tradition dating to 1977.
Read more about Jack The Bulldog: Early Dogs, Royal Jacket, John P. Carroll, John S. Carroll, Jack Junior
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