Shiloh, Lightfoot, and Linda

Moravian football games feature not just Greyhound athletes, but hounds of the four-legged variety. It’s a custom that dates back to the late 1940’s, when the brothers of Omicron Gamma Omega ran their greyhound across the field at each game. A series of greyhounds continued the tradition through the early 1970’s, when OGO mascot Ichabod would dash across the field whenever a touchdown was scored. Thirty years later after Icky’s retirement, Moravian director of athletics Paul Moyer and OGO president George Gray ’06 revived the tradition with Linda Davis-Wallen ’75, whose greyhounds Shiloh (white, gray, and tan) and Lightfoot (brown) are now familiar faces at home games and other campus events. Kids love meeting the gentle canines, who are often accompanied by friends from First State Greyhound Rescue, a non-profit organization dedicated to the adoption of ex-racing greyhounds.

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