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unusual facts about Bearcats!


Stutz Bearcat

Famed Hollywood car customizer George Barris made two much more accurate replicas for the 1971 television series Bearcats!.


Albert Pudas

On October 28, 1926, Pudas accepted a contract offer from the Toronto St. Pats, the Toronto Maple Leafs minor-league affiliate, along with fellow Bearcats Bill Brydge, Danny Cox and Lorne Chabot.

In 1936 Pudas coached the Port Arthur Bearcats who represented Canada in the Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany.

Dave Tollefson

At Northwest he was coached by Mel Tjeerdsma who took the Bearcats to five consecutive Division II national championship games between 2005 to 2009.

Flex offense

Also, Gordie James of Willamette University used the flex offense to lead the Bearcats to the 1993 NAIA Division II National Championship.

Lance Stephenson

On June 30, Andy Katz of ESPN.com reported that Stephenson signed a financial aid agreement with the University of Cincinnati, and he joined the Bearcats for the 2009–10 season.

Leroy Loggins

The Bearcats won their only NBL Championship defeating the Geelong Supercats 80-74 in the Grand Final in Newcastle.

Montgomery, Ohio

Tony Yates, former University of Cincinnati basketball champ and coach for UC Bearcats

Nick Davila

The Bearcats were then extended an offer to the International Bowl against Western Michigan of the Mid-American Conference.

Northwest Missouri State Bearcats

The Bearcats have appeared in eight NCAA Division II national title games (and won four) since going 0-11 in Mel Tjeerdsma's first season in 1994.

Port Arthur Bearcats

When the 1935 Allan Cup champion Halifax Wolverines was unavailable, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association chose the runnerup Bearcats to be Canada's representative at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

The Houndcats

The show bears some similarity and may have been inspired by the Western-action-adventure TV series Bearcats, which featured Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole as mercenaries roaming the turn of the century Old West in their Stutz Bearcat in search of fortune and adventure.


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