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Sam the Olympic Eagle was the mascot
Olympic mascot

The Olympic mascot is a character usually an animal native to the area or occasionally human figures representing the cultural heritage of the place where the Olympic Games are taking place....
 of the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984....
 which were held in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
. He was a bald eagle
Bald Eagle

The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey found in North America that is most recognizable as the List of national birds and national symbol of the United States....
, which is the national bird of the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, where the games were held. He also shares the name of Uncle Sam, another American symbol. Sam was designed by C. Robert Moore, an artist for Disney. This character is sometimes confused for Eagle Sam, host of the former Disneyland attraction America Sings
America Sings

America Sings was a show at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, from 1974 to 1988. It featured a cast of Audio-Animatronic animals that entertained the audience by singing songs from various periods in America's musical history, often in a humorous fashion....
, and designed by animator Marc Davis
Marc Davis

Marc Fraser Davis was a prominent United States artist and animator for The Walt Disney Company#Studio Entertainment. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, the famed core animators of Disney animated films....
 circa 1973, or Sam the Eagle
Sam the Eagle

Sam the Eagle is a character from the syndicated television show The Muppet Show, performed by Frank Oz. The name "Sam" is probably derived from Uncle Sam....
 from The Muppet Show
The Muppet Show

The Muppet Show is a television program featuring a cast of The Muppets, which was produced by Jim Henson and his team from Sesame Street....
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Sam the Olympic Eagle was the mascot
Olympic mascot

The Olympic mascot is a character usually an animal native to the area or occasionally human figures representing the cultural heritage of the place where the Olympic Games are taking place....
 of the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984....
 which were held in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
. He was a bald eagle
Bald Eagle

The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey found in North America that is most recognizable as the List of national birds and national symbol of the United States....
, which is the national bird of the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, where the games were held. He also shares the name of Uncle Sam, another American symbol. Sam was designed by C. Robert Moore, an artist for Disney. This character is sometimes confused for Eagle Sam, host of the former Disneyland attraction America Sings
America Sings

America Sings was a show at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, from 1974 to 1988. It featured a cast of Audio-Animatronic animals that entertained the audience by singing songs from various periods in America's musical history, often in a humorous fashion....
, and designed by animator Marc Davis
Marc Davis

Marc Fraser Davis was a prominent United States artist and animator for The Walt Disney Company#Studio Entertainment. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, the famed core animators of Disney animated films....
 circa 1973, or Sam the Eagle
Sam the Eagle

Sam the Eagle is a character from the syndicated television show The Muppet Show, performed by Frank Oz. The name "Sam" is probably derived from Uncle Sam....
 from The Muppet Show
The Muppet Show

The Muppet Show is a television program featuring a cast of The Muppets, which was produced by Jim Henson and his team from Sesame Street....
. However, he is known as Eagle Sam in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, where an animated series of the same name ran in the year preceding the Summer Olympics.

Even after the conclusion of the Games, Sam the Eagle is still used to promote a track and field event, the Mt. SAC Relays at Mt. San Antonio College
Mt. San Antonio College

Mt. San Antonio College is a community college located in the Los Angeles, California suburb of Walnut, California, next to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which is just over a hill....
, specifically its "LA84
LA84 Foundation

The LA84 Foundation is a private, nonprofit institution created by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee to manage Southern California's endowment from the 1984 Summer Olympics....
 Youth Days" promotion for youth interested in athletics, run by a charitable group founded during the Olympics.

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