Bulldog - Athens, GA
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N 33° 57.055 W 083° 22.437
17S E 280621 N 3759252
Located in front of Memorial Hall, near the Stadium on the University of Georgia campus. it is one of several Uga statues located around campus.
Waymark Code: WM8CRW
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/13/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member condor1
Views: 4

Description: A bulldog with a spiked collar stands on a rectangular base.
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According to the Official Uga history (http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=454891), this is Mike. Everyone would recognize it as Uga. At the time of photographing (11/2005) he was covered in vasoline.

Mike, 1951-55


Butch was succeeded by Mike, another brindled English bulldog, owned by C. L. Fain. Mike lived in the field house on campus and died of natural canine causes in 1955. As his master’s thesis, Gene Owens of Fort Worth, Texas, cast the bronze statue of Mike, which is located at the entrance of Memorial Hall.
TITLE: Bulldog

ARTIST(S): Gene Owens

DATE: 1955

MEDIUM: Bronze

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS GA000126

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Memorial Hall - Corner of Sanford and Hooper


DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noted. At time of visit (Nov 2005) Uga was covered in vasoline.


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