Captain Fear

Captain Fear in a photograph with several members of the US Coast Guard at a football game in 2014.

Captain Fear, a Caribbean pirate captain, is the official mascot of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.[1] He has blue eyes, black hair, thick eyebrows, and a full beard. He has been the mascot of the Buccaneers since June 2000. He replaced a parrot mascot known as Skully.[2] He was originally played by Mike Mashke until his retirement in 2006.[3]

  1. ^ "Captain Fear". Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  2. ^ "CAPTAIN FEAR!". www.buccaneers.com. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  3. ^ "After 7 years, man behind Captain Fear ending career". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2022-03-07.