Charlie Cardinal is the mascot of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

Ball State's athletics teams have been known as the Cardinals since 1927.

He came up with it while talking to Coach Norman G. Wann, another committee member, about how the logo of his favorite team, the Saint Louis Cardinals, looked distinctive on the jersey of Rogers Hornsby.

Actor and mime Doug Jones portrayed Charlie when he attended Ball State in the early 1980s.

Two characters in the Milwaukee-based sitcom Happy Days appeared in one episode in their Charlie Cardinal outfits.