ESPN.com will catch up with a notable sports figure from yesteryear each Thursday in its "Where Are They Now?" series. Claim to fame: The San Diego Chicken is arguably the most famous mascot in sports ...

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A variety of professional and collegiate sports mascots are iconic figures, some of which are famous on their own. The San Diego Chicken, or The Famous Chicken, may be the world's most well-known ...

Above, Ron Jacobs, right, was a co-creator of the San Diego Chicken. Jacobs and Tom Moffatt, left, created the Poi Boys and their “thons,” as well as pranks with Elvis Presley and his manager, Col.

Mascots have been a part of sports since the 1880s, when a little boy named Chic carried bats and ran errands for baseball players, becoming the team's good luck charm. But it wasn't until the San ...