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SUN DEVILS
75 years of Sparky On a clear, sunny day in 1946, Arizona State College track coach Donn Kinzle was on an early morning run along the Salt River bed. A dust devil materialized, swirling and dancing above the sand and rock. At that instant, the idea for the Sun Devil was born. More Hot Stuff than Mephistopheles, ASU’s mascot turned 75 this past November. Dancing, prancing, crowd-surfing and crowd-pleasing, the pitchforkwielding imp looks a lot different after seven and a half decades — who doesn’t? — but he’s passionately loved by his maroon and gold fans.
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