{"id":79237,"date":"2023-04-13T04:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=79237"},"modified":"2023-04-14T06:53:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T10:53:17","slug":"throwback-thursday-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/04_13_2023\/throwback-thursday-29","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since Rocky the Rocket\u2019s introduction in the late 1960s, UToledo\u2019s mascot has gone through many iterations, including briefly wearing an authentic NASA spacesuit in the late 1970s.<\/p>\n

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The original Rocky circa 1968.<\/p>\n

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UToledo alumnus Nicholas Kissoff provided this photo of him as Rocky from 1978 through 1979 posing with UToledo cheerleaders Dawn, left, and Chris.<\/p>\n

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The 1980 Rocky runs onto the Glass Bowl Football Field before a game.<\/p>\n

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Rocky at a 1986 basketball game.<\/p>\n

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Rocky and a member of the Blue Crew from 2002.<\/p>\n

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A recent photo of Rocky and Rocksy, who was introduced in fall of 2011.<\/p>\n

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