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im a phins fan for life dont get me wrong... but on the lighter side of things................ a dolphin, who was the genious to name a football team a dolphin... probably one of the top 5 worst mascots in the nfl... somebody got payed to think of that?
 
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I am reaching here I know, but like you i am tired of the draft and it hasn't happened yet.
 
I don't know, I like the Dolphin mascot. It is very original. Also our colors are original, no other team uses aqua and orange.
 
MrMarino said:
im a phins fan for life dont get me wrong... but on the lighter side of things................ a dolphin, who was the genious to name a football team a dolphin... probably one of the top 5 worst mascots in the nfl... somebody got payed to think of that?
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Yea, most of the other animal mascots sound tougher...could be worse, could be a Brown..haha
 
Dol-Fan Dupree said:
They kill sharks
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Anything that kills sharks must be pretty mean. Plus Dolphins jump high like 10-15 feet in the air, which is what Gus Frerotte thinks our WR's can do and thus modifies his throws to accommodate this. :)

Could be worse, we could've been the Miami Bills. :evil:
 
I really like the mascot of a Dolphin. Why would I be a fan if I didn't?

Anyways, he is a brief history about the name:

Mariners, Marauders, Mustangs, Missiles, Moons, Sharks, Suns none of those other names suggested to the American Football League expansion franchise in 1965 could raise a fin to the runaway winner.

"Dolphins" was submitted by 622 entrants in a contest which attracted 19,843 entries and more than a thousand different names. The dozen finalists were delivered to a seven-member screening committee of local media.

The bottlenose dolphin, an intelligent creature with an irresistible built-in grin, has inspired wonder for centuries. Plutarch observed 1,900 years ago that the dolphin "is the only creature who loves man for his own sake." Every trainer will have a tale of the dolphin's cleverness and ingenuity, and scientists are fascinated by a dolphin's natural equipment which far surpasses the range of Navy sonar equipment.

"The dolphin is one of the fastest and smartest creatures of the sea," Joe Robbie said in announcing the team name on October 8, 1965. "Dolphins can attack and kill a shark or a whale. Sailors say bad luck will come to anyone who harms one of them."
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Regan21286 said:
Anything that kills sharks must be pretty mean. Plus Dolphins jump high like 10-15 feet in the air, which is what Gus Frerotte thinks our WR's can do and thus modifies his throws to accommodate this. :)

Could be worse, we could've been the Miami Bills. :evil:
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What the heck is a Bill anyways??
 
Love the extra info on the name ! I was always attracted to the colors and the mascot I loved it when we had the dolphin in the endzone and he did stuff when we scored that was the shiznet ! We should do that again! anyone remember the dolphins name? Theres a trivia question!..lol also i am sure the location of the team had alot to do with it being the fins
 
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