The mascot derived from 2 sources...a luggage company had a trunk type luggage that had a red elephant on it...they gave the players a red elephant trinkets for going to a bowl game and all the players had them arriving at the game...
2nd a sports writer from atlanata in the 30s compared the alabamas football team to elephants because of their size..."hold your horses the elephants are coming through"
there are a couple more stories but the these are the most popular
the elephant became synonymous with alabama football.
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