Big Jay is one of the costume mascots of the Kansas Jayhawks.
In 1912, the Jayhawk was first seen in a cartoon by Henry Maloy in The University Daily Kansan.
[4] In November 1958, the Jayhawk became the official mascot for Kansas University.
[5] The "Jayhawk" idea came from the combination of a blue jay and a sparrow hawk.
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