Sam the Olympic Eagle was the mascot of the 1984 Summer Olympics which were held in Los Angeles.

The United States originally intended to use a bear mascot to represent California, but the Soviet Union had used a bear mascot named Misha at the preceding 1980 Summer Olympics.

The mascot was designed by Bob Moore, an artist working for The Walt Disney Company.

[1] Sam would go on to feature in McDonald's merchandise, as an attraction at Disneyland, and as the protagonist of a Japanese anime series titled Eagle Sam.

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