24 Facts About Handsome Dan

Handsome Dan is a bulldog who serves as the mascot of Yale University's sports teams.

Handsome Dan was selected based on his ability to tolerate bands and children, negative reaction to the color crimson and to tigers, bought by Yale student Andrew Barbey Graves, who cleaned up the dog and named him “Handsome Dan.

Handsome Dan was always taken to games on a leash, and the Harvard football team for years owed its continued existence to the fact that the rope held.

Handsome Dan was peculiar to himself in one thing – he would never associate with anyone but students.

Graves had Handsome Dan stuffed and returned him to be displayed at Yale in the old gymnasium.

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When it was torn down, Handsome Dan I was sent to the Peabody Museum for reconstruction.

Handsome Dan II was kidnapped by Harvard students the day before the 1934 Harvard-Yale football game, and Yale students were alarmed at photographs of him happily seated at the foot of the statue of John Harvard in Harvard Yard, having a snack.

Handsome Dan III was a huge white dog who unfortunately exhibited morbid fear of crowds and had to be retired.

Handsome Dan IV had his spine fractured by a car early in his term of office, leaving his hind legs paralyzed.

Handsome Dan VI was eight weeks old when he took the role, but died at age two.

Handsome Dan VII was donated to football coach Herman Hickman at age 3 but he proved to have a bad temper, which suited him better in his next position as a watchdog on a Florida estate.

Handsome Dan VIII was owned by assistant football manager Tom Shutt, ushering in a new era of family membership for the office-holder.

Handsome Dan appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine in November, 1956.

Handsome Dan made his mascot debut at the age of six weeks and an autopsy at his death revealed that he succumbed to acute nephrotic syndrome.

Handsome Dan spent several years commuting to New Haven, CT, from Dobbs Ferry, NY, prior to his retirement.

Handsome Dan was frequently sighted on Martha's Vineyard during the tourist season.

Handsome Dan served in office longer than any other Handsome Dan; he was the only holder of the office to come out of retirement to serve again, due to the death of his successor; and he appeared in Sports Illustrated, in 1989.

Handsome Dan died in office in January 2005 of a possible heart attack.

At his first Harvard-Yale Game in 2005, Handsome Dan XVI was briefly stolen by a pair of Harvard undergraduates, in response to a Yale student stealing the Harvard flag and running across the field back to the Yale side with it.

Handsome Dan was very athletic, retrieved with vigor and raised thousands of dollars for charity.

Handsome Dan was born September 23,2016 and came from a breeder in Maine, Jessica and Pete Seiders from Wicked Good Bulldogges.

Handsome Dan XVIII is an Olde English Bulldogge aka Victorian Bulldog, a recreation of the Victorian Era Bulldog bred for health and temperament.

On 5 November 2020, it was announced that Handsome Dan XVIII would retire in early spring 2021 following the October departure of Discepolo, though it is not currently known whether there is a causal link.

Handsome Dan was born January 2,2021, and is a nephew of his predecessor Handsome Dan XVIII.