List of griffins as mascots and in heraldry
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The Griffin is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. Combining the attributes of the "King of the Beasts" and the "King of the Air", it was thought to be especially powerful and majestic. Griffins appear widely as school sports team mascots, in heraldry and in corporate logos.
[edit] Schools and Universities
- Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.
- Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Downing College, Cambridge in Cambridge, UK.
- Fontbonne University in Clayton, Missouri.
- Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California.
- Grossmont Community College in El Cajon, California.
- International School of Indiana in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- Lehigh University, whose Gryphon Society members are the mentors to the Freshmen Class.
- Marymount Manhattan College in New York City.
- Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri.
- Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
- Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York.
- Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
- Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Buchtel High School in Akron, Ohio.
- Dutchtown High School in Geismar, Louisiana.
- Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort, Illinois.
- Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, California.
- Pomfret School in Pomfret, Connecticut.
- Roycemore School in Evanston, Illinois The annual yearbook is also called The Griffin.
- St. John Vianney High School in Kirkwood, Missouri.
- Sandford Park School in Dublin, Ireland. Again, the annual yearbook is called The Griffin.
- Foothill Middle School in Walnut Creek, California.
[edit] Sports and Athletics
- The home ground of English football team Brentford FC is called Griffin Park because of the griffin that features in the logo of Fuller's Brewery, which had previously owned the land. A local pub next to the ground is also named The Griffin.
- Grand Rapids Griffins, a team in the American Hockey League.
- Guelph Gryphons; the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
- London Griffins; a rugby league club.
- Waterloo Rugby Club 's badge features a griffin in the centre of a red Lancastrian Rose.
[edit] Other Uses
- Busch Gardens Europe in Williamsburg, Virginia has announced their new roller coaster for 2007 will be The Griffon, designed by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard.
- Midland Bank used a griffin as its symbol before it was subsumed into its HSBC parent company.
- Norwegian Army 2nd Battalion has a griffin insignia
- The Saab auto company features a profiled griffin head in it logo. Saab Aerospace built a fighter jet, the JAS 39 Gripen, meaning "griffin" in Swedish.
- Sprecher Brewery features a heraldic black griffin in its logo. A cartoon griffin named Rooty appears on bottles of Sprecher Root Beer.
- The Norwegian county of Troms and municipality of Bjarkøy have griffins in their coat-of-arms.
- Vauxhall Motors of Luton, England, uses the griffin as its trademark.
