Editing Miami Dolphins (section)

===Mascots===
[[file:T. D. 2024 Pro Bowl Games (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|T. D. the mascot]]
====T.D.====
{{main|T. D. (mascot)}}
("The Dolphin")
On Friday, April 18, 1997, the first "official" mascot of the Miami Dolphins was introduced. The 7-foot mascot made his public debut on April 19 at Pro Player Stadium during the team's draft-day party. The team then made a "Name the Mascot" contest that drew over 13,000 entries covering all 50 states and 22 countries. 529 names were suggested. The winning entry was announced at the annual Dolphins Awards Banquet on June 4, 1997.

====Dolfan Denny====
[[Dolfan Denny|Denny Sym]] cheered on the Miami Dolphins for 33 years as a one-man sideline show, leading Miami crowds in cheers and chants in his glittering coral (orange) and aqua hat from the Dolphins' first game in 1966 until 2000. Sym died on March 18, 2007. He was 72.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2803843 |title=Miami superfan Denny Sym dead at 72 – NFL  |work=ESPN |date=March 18, 2007 |access-date=September 3, 2012 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103200612/http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2803843 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Flipper====
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[[File:Flipper 1964 2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|"Flipper" (former mascot)]]
From 1966 to 1968, and in the 1970s a live dolphin was situated in a water tank in the open (east) end of the Orange Bowl.<ref>{{cite web | last=Norman | first=Lianna | title=Miami Dolphins' NFL mascot was once a real dolphin, named Flipper | website=Palm Beach Post | date=2023-08-24 | url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/nfl/2023/08/24/nfl-mascots-best-worst-miami-dolphins-flipper-real-dolphin-snowflake-ace-ventura-jim-carrey/70666550007/ | access-date=2024-09-27}}</ref> He would jump in the tank to celebrate touchdowns and field goals. The tank that was set up in the 1970s was manufactured by Evan Bush and maintained during the games by Evan Bush and Dene Whitaker. Flipper was removed from the Orange Bowl after 1968 to save costs, and in the 1970s due to stress.