Crowning of the Tigerland King and Queen and court was a popular tradition in the 1940s and 1950s. Pictured here are King John Miller and Queen Doris Blair in 1944.
Tigers; Trinity University (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Mascots; Lee Roy (Tiger)
Lee Roy was a Royal Bengal tiger purchased by local builder and developer L. R. (Lee Roy) Pletz in 1953. Housed in the San Antonio Zoo, Lee Roy appeared at pep rallies and football games in a portable cage escorted by the Bengal Lancers social...
Tigers; Trinity University (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Mascots; Lee Roy (Tiger)
Lee Roy the Bengal Tiger sired cubs in the San Antonio Zoo with mate Queenie. One of his offspring, designated Lee Roy II, continued the tiger tradition after the death of Lee Roy I in 1962. Lee Roy was a Royal Bengal tiger purchased by local...