Mascot Manor
Appearance
Mascot Manor refers to a fictional house in which the Australian Football League (AFL) club mascots live. Prior to 2003, each AFL club had mascots; however, in order to appeal to Auskick players, a common theme was decided upon for club mascots. Most clubs have an historical link with their mascots. The story begins with Toby "Torpedo" Coleman, a young, Northern Territory boy who dreams of playing AFL, stumbling across "Mascot Manor" where the 18 mascots live.[1] Some clubs have since moved away from the Mascot Manor character to a mascot of their own choosing.[2]
In 2009, Tru Blu Entertainment published a Nintendo DS game adaptation, developed by Wicked Witch Software based on Mascot Manor.[3]
List of mascots
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Club | Mascot name | Named after |
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Adelaide Crows | Claude "Curls" Crow | Neil Kerley |
Brisbane Lions | Bernie "Gabba" Vegas | Bernie Quinlan |
Carlton Blues | Captain Carlton | |
Collingwood Magpies | Jock "One Eye" McPie | Jock McHale |
Essendon Bombers | Moz "Skeeta" Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
Fremantle Dockers | Johnny "The Doc" Docker | The Fremantle Doctor |
Geelong Cats | "Slammin" Sam Tomcat | John "Sammy" Newman |
Gold Coast Suns | Sunny Ray & Skye | The Sun |
Greater Western Sydney Giants | G-Man | |
Hawthorn Hawks | Hudson "Hawka" Knights | Peter Hudson & Peter Knights |
Melbourne Demons | Ronald "Dee" Man | Ron Barassi |
North Melbourne Kangaroos | Barry "Bruiser" Cracker | Peter "Crackers" Keenan & Barry Cable |
Port Adelaide Power | Tommy "Thunda" Power | |
Richmond Tigers | Tiger "Stripes" Dyer | Jack Dyer |
St Kilda Saints | Trevor "Saint" Kilda | Trevor Barker |
Sydney Swans | Syd "Cyggy" Skilton | Bob Skilton |
West Coast Eagles | Rick "The Rock" Eagle | "Eagle Rock" by Daddy Cool |
Western Bulldogs | Woofer "Dogg" Whitten | Ted Whitten |
References
[edit]- ^ Geoff McClure (12 December 2003), Meet Jock, Moz, Bruiser, The Age
- ^ Bodey, Michael (1 October 2011). "Cheers, big ears". The Australian.
- ^ "AFL Mascot Manor". Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.