Florida Gators Desktop Sculpture

  ICON Artworks is proud to pay tribute to the beloved University of Florida mascot with our officially licensed FLORIDA GATORS Desktop Sculpture!   A perfect gift for students, alumni, faculty, and fans alike!  GO GATORS!!  Long before Florida's Gator-head became synonymous with college football greatness, the alligator was chosen as the University of Florida's mascot with the help of Austin Miller in 1908. He was from Gainesville, but was a law school student at the University of Virginia. When his father, Phillip Miller, went to visit him at school, he wanted to buy some pennants and banners to sell at his store back home. The Yale bulldog and Princeton tiger were among the items available, as the story goes, but nothing resembling the University of Florida. Austin Miller suggested an alligator since it was native to the state of Florida and no other school had an alligator mascot as its symbol yet. The rest is history.  Created by acclaimed sculptor Tim Wolfe of ICON Artworks  Ha