Photos: Atlanta Falcons mascot Freddie Falcon

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Photos: Atlanta Falcons mascot Freddie Falcon

Freddie Falcon, the Atlanta Falcons mascot, will rally fans at Super Bowl 2017. The Atlanta Falcons mascot costume has changed over the years.

In this file photo, Freddie Falcon shows why he’s the (bird)man of football mascots as he’s swarmed by Falcons cheerleaders. In a battle of the birds, a falcon has it all over Seattle’s seahawk. Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com

Freddie Falcon celebrates Super Bowl fever with fan, Kim Smith, on January 27, 1999 in the Cobb Galleria Specialty Mall. At the time, the Falcons were preparing to take on the Denver Broncos in the team's first-ever Super Bowl. PHOTO BY ANDY SHARP/STAFF

The Atlanta Falcons mascot, Freddie the Falcon, during a Lasagne taste test on in 1998 in Buckhead, Georgia. (PHIL SKINNER /AJC staff).

Freddy the Falcon looks like he can't bear to watch the end of the game as he hides under part of the field decoration in the 4th quarter of the Falcons 38-28 loss in the Falcons vs. Cowboys game at the Georgia Dome December 16, 20006. (Curtis Compton / AJC Staff)

Freddie the Falcon jokes around with a student at M. Agnes Jones Elementary in Atlanta, Georgia on October 20, 2015. BRANT SANDERLIN/BSANDERLIN@AJC.COM

Atlanta Falcons mascot Freddie Falcon jumps into a group of students at Morris Brandon Elementary in Atlanta, Ga., October 18, 2011. Jason Getz jgetz@ajc.com

Falcons mascot Freddie Falcon clowns around with Belle Helton, 9, and Brandon Hayes, 6.

061715 FLOWERY BRANCH: Falcons cornerback Phillip Adams faces off with mascot Freddie Falcon as he takes the field for team practice during mini-camp on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Flowery Branch. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan high-fives with the Falcons mascot. Samantha Thompson /NFL

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In this file photo, Freddie Falcon shows why he’s the (bird)man of football mascots as he’s swarmed by Falcons cheerleaders. In a battle of the birds, a falcon has it all over Seattle’s seahawk. Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com

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