Super Bowl 2024: How Chiefs mascot K.C. Wolf and 49ers mascot Sourdough Sam got their names Fret not, we did the research on the mascots so you don't have to ...

The name conjսres images of cowboys and miners, who were two of the most common people in the Old West. Soսrdoսgh Sam has been the San Francisco 49ers' mascot since 1994.

Since the mid-1990s, Sourdough Sam has represented the 49ers in the NFL. This Christmas Eve, I spent game day with him. We spoke only once.

While the team colors of red and gold are certainly a nod to the whole “gold rush” aspect of the 49ers’ name, their official mascot takes the NorCal representation to new heights.

That name was 49ers and the mascot was Prospector Pete. In 2018, the Cal State school got rid of nickname and mascot because of controversy surrounding the history associated with them.

49ers commemorating the Gold Rush. The team’s name is a nod to history. The California Gold Rush began in 1848, but it took a year for the word to get out, and so by the time 1849 rolled around ...

This is the latest class of 49ers to wrestle with the legacy of the university’s sports teams’ nickname, their Jay Leno-looking mascot and a statue colloquially called “Prospector Pete ...

The 49ers then enacted the Act for the Government and Protection of Indians, also called Chapter 133, which, contrary to its name, stripped California’s Indians of nearly all legal protections.