Editing Cincinnati Bengals (section)

==Mascots==
The team's official mascot is a [[Bengal tiger]] named Who Dey.<ref name="n606">{{cite web | last=Sanderson | first=Emily | title=Watch: Bengals mascot 'Who Dey' visits kids at Cincinnati's Ronald McDonald House | website=WLWT | date=2023-01-25 | url=https://www.wlwt.com/article/bengals-mascot-visits-kids-at-ronald-mcdonald-house/42655138 | access-date=2024-08-04}}</ref> Its jersey number is 1.<ref name="WhoDey">{{cite web|title=Who Dey Appearance Request|url=https://www.bengals.com/fans/whodeyappearance|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=Bengals.com|access-date=July 5, 2019|archive-date=June 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610100048/http://www.bengals.com/fanzone/whodey.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Aside from Who Dey, the team also has the Ben-Gals, the team's [[NFL Cheerleading|cheerleading squad]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bengals.com/cheerleaders/index.html|title=Ben-Gals Cheerleaders Home|publisher=Bengals.com|access-date=August 15, 2012|archive-date=August 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829033335/http://www.bengals.com/cheerleaders/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> which included [[Laura Vikmanis]], the oldest cheerleader in league history.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bishop |first=Lauren |url=http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120315/ENT/303160030/A-story-cheers-tears |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317221029/http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120315/ENT/303160030/A-story-cheers-tears|archive-date=March 17, 2012|title=A story of cheers – and tears |publisher=News.cincinnati.com |date=March 15, 2012 |access-date=July 9, 2012 }}</ref>

Carol Motsinger in 2015 said, "In 2012, Cincinnati welcomed another tiger named Who Dey. This time, one that walks on four legs. More than 1,000 Bengals season ticket holders named a Malayan tiger Who Dey at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. He was recently traded to a zoo in Kansas."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Motsinger |first=Carol |date=December 5, 2015 |title=Where did Who Dey come from? |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2015/12/05/origin-who-dey-murky-its-message-not/76617696/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028024312/https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2015/12/05/origin-who-dey-murky-its-message-not/76617696/ |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |access-date=October 28, 2021 |website=The Enquirer}}</ref>

The Ohio History Central notes: "In 1940, a third American Football League formed, and the Cincinnati Bengals joined it. Unfortunately, World War II began the following year, causing manpower shortages as men joined the armed forces. This prompted this newer AFL to cease playing after the 1941 season. Paul Brown, former coach of the Cleveland Browns, received authorization from a modern American Football League to create a team in Cincinnati. Brown chose the name Bengals to memorialize the teams of the same name that had represented Cincinnati in the past."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cincinnati Bengals – Ohio History Central|url=https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Cincinnati_Bengals|access-date=October 28, 2021|website=ohiohistorycentral.org|archive-date=October 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028024313/https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Cincinnati_Bengals|url-status=live}}</ref>