Who (or What) Is the Missouri Tigers Mascot? Truman the Tiger is the University of Missouri’s official mascot. The history of ...

Dan Meers, who hails from St. Charles near St. Louis, got his first taste at being a mascot when spotted an ad in a Columbia newspaper to be Truman the Tiger at the University of Missouri.

Dan Meers now makes the decades old mascot come to life with his years of experience entertaining. He's been in a fuzzy suit since the 80s — starting with University of Missouri's Truman the ...

Emily Curiel [email protected] Dan Meers, who hails from St. Charles near St. Louis, first became a mascot during college at the University of Missouri, when he played Truman the Tiger from 1986 ...