Hawkeye

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The word Hawkeye may be applied in a number of ways:

• "Hawkeye" most commonly refers to "someone born in or from the state of Iowa
  • Iowa is called the Hawkeye state
  • The University Of Iowa's sports teams are nicknamed the Hawkeyes. Their motto is "It's great to be a Hawkeye".
• James Fenimore Cooper invented the character of Hawkeye, first of the 'long rifles' (longues carabines), and his faithful Mohican blood brother Chingachgook, in The Pioneers, published in 1823. The most famous of Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales" was Last of the Mohicans, the original American Western, though it was Western New York State that was the setting, and the French and Indian War that provided the background. "Hawkeye" was Natty Bumppo, the original pioneer in deerskins.
• Hawkeye was a syndication title for the 1957 TV series Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans, loosely based on the James Fenimore Cooper novels. It should not be confused with the later Hawkeye, a 1994 series starring Lee Horsley as Bumppo.
• Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, taking his nickname from Cooper's character, was a major character in the novels, movie and television series M*A*S*H.
  • Hawkeye is the title of one episode of the TV series.
• Hawkeye (comics) is a superhero published by Marvel Comics.
• Hawkeye (Kate Bishop) is the second and current Marvel Comics character to bear this name.
• Hawkeye (Amalgam Comics) is a superhero published by Amalgam Comics.
• Hawkeye (computer game) is a video game for the C64 and Amiga.
• The Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an AWACS aircraft.
• Hawk-Eye is a virtual reality tracking system used in cricket, tennis and other sports.
• Hawkeye is a city in Iowa.
• Hawkeye is the name of an occasional supporting character in the HBO series Deadwood.
• Hawkeye is the name of a character in the Gerry Anderson TV series Terrahawks.
• Hawkeye was the (now-defunct) RCA Broadcast Products division's name for the M professional video cassette format developed by Matsushita in 1982.
• Riza Hawkeye is a major character in the anime and manga series Fullmetal Alchemist.
• In the MMORPG Lineage 2, Hawkeye is an Archer class available to Humans.
• The Hawkeye (formerly The Spectrum) is the school newspaper of the Plainview Old Bethpage JFK high school.
• Dracule "Hawkeye" Mihawk is a character in the manga and anime series One Piece
• Hawkeye is a character from the Square RPG, Seiken Densetsu 3.