<Tr> <Th> Description </Th> <Td> Anthropomorphic tiger </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First seen </Th> <Td> 1954 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Tiger is the mascot of the Clemson Tigers, the athletic teams of Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina . The anthropomorphized tiger is costumed in Acrylic / polyester fur, and in recent years wears a football, basketball, or baseball jersey or a T - shirt . The Tiger has a smaller companion, The Cub, who wears shorts, oversized sneakers, and a jersey numbered ​ ⁄ . </P> <P> Clemson's athletic teams have been nicknamed the Tigers since 1896, when coach (and later university president) Walter Merritt Riggs brought the name from his alma mater, Auburn University . The school's first costumed mascot was the Southern Gentleman, a student dressed in a purple formal suit with a top hat and cane . The name came from a Greenville News editor's nickname for Clemson students, and was discontinued in 1972 . The first costumed tiger mascot appeared in 1954 . A smaller, ostensibly younger, companion named The Cub was introduced in 1993 . </P>

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