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Posted on: August 29, 2016 at 11:56:00 CT
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"Harold (Spider) Burke graduated from Mizzou in 1954. During his undergraduate days he was a football cheerleader, and he still is. He attends every home game dressed in his 30-year-old spirit costume, a black "M" jacket, black slacks and a yellow-and-black beanie. He carries a megaphone and runs up and down the sidelines yelling and gyrating with remarkable endurance, drawing, it seems, more cheers and laughs than any other single spirit person. In the stands and press box Spider Burke is often cited as a "real character," Mizzou's answer to the San Diego Chicken. However, when not performing, he turns out to be a soft-spoken, undemonstrative man who in real life is a construction-company executive and a Sunday school teacher. He is also a serious student of cheerleading. He feels he gets good response because the 1950 cheers were slower paced and there was time to build up greater volume with them. Based on his 29 years of experience, Burke thinks that the most successful of all Mizzou cheers was the "Big T"�Tiger spelled out letter by letter and then yelled three times. He regrets that it isn't in the current spirit repertoire. Burke also believes it is only ethical to use and encourage constructive cheers, "to pick up our own team and get people involved." When there is booing or rude remarks are directed toward opponents, Burke makes a thumbs-down gesture and holds it until the negative noise stops."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1123735/1/index.htm
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Spider!!! - BB63 STL - 8/29 11:37:33
     He was still running around the stands in 1988 - Dallastiger MU - 8/29 15:33:39
     Give me Defense!!!! - Mizzou1990 MU - 8/29 14:22:40
     RE: Spider!!! - CPA MU - 8/29 14:22:11
          His granddaughter and her husband took him to Columbia - BB63 STL - 8/29 16:13:29
     M - Potomac Tiger MU - 8/29 12:15:35
     He's sportin' the correct shade of gold. Good memories - Fool on the Hill MU - 8/29 11:57:32
     GIMME TIGERS - JG MU - 8/29 11:52:56
          M-I-S-S-O-U-R-I! - H8JHWKS MU - 8/29 14:36:52
          TIGERS!!! (nm) - BB63 STL - 8/29 11:59:08
     Drank with him at the Campus Inn after a bball game(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/29 11:49:01
          Did he offer you some of his twist? - BB63 STL - 8/29 11:57:21
     Man those were the days, good stuff...... - FaurotFan MU - 8/29 11:47:30
          I was way too busy telling old lies to take any - BB63 STL - 8/29 11:49:48
     RE: Spider!!! - hefeweizen MU - 8/29 11:40:02
          RE: Spider!!! - Big-Dog MU - 8/29 11:43:18
               RE: Spider!!! - FIJItiger MU - 8/29 11:56:00
                    He started at Rolla, went in the Army and took part in - BB63 STL - 8/29 12:09:45
                         ^^ good story!! ^^(nm) - MNTIGER MU - 10/29 14:02:57
               How can you be a Mizzou fan and not know - BB63 STL - 8/29 11:46:15
                    RE: How can you be a Mizzou fan and not know - Big-Dog MU - 8/29 11:47:00
                         Anyone who followed the Tigers in the 70's and 80's - BB63 STL - 8/29 11:53:24
                              The absolute earliest he (re) showed up is 78 - JG MU - 8/29 12:42:03
                              What year did they kick him off the sidelines? - Grasslands MU - 8/29 12:03:28
                                   Honestly, I can't remember the year, but he told me - BB63 STL - 8/29 12:13:19
                                        RE: Honestly, I can't remember the year, but he told me - MNTIGER MU - 10/29 14:04:07
                              and even some that didn't follow the tigers in the 70s and - cnk ATL - 8/29 11:54:13
                         RE: How can you be a Mizzou fan and not know - colonel angus beef KC - 8/29 11:49:43
               I heard he was dead....oh wait, that was Snake... - Mormad MU - 8/29 11:45:16
                    That was Big Jake - JG MU - 8/29 11:53:45
                         He died too? - Mormad MU - 8/29 11:58:25




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