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The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game held in Jacksonville,Florida,operated by Gator Bowl Sports. It has been held continuously since 1946,making it the sixth oldest college bowl,as well as the first one ever televised nationally. The game was originally played at Gator Bowl Stadium through the December 1993 game. The December 1994 game was played at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville after the namesake stadium was demolished to make way for a replacement venue,Jacksonville Municipal Stadium. That venue,now known as EverBank Stadium,has been home to the Gator Bowl since the January 1996 game.
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John Adrian Delaney is an American lawyer,politician,and university and college President. He served as mayor of Jacksonville,Florida,from 1995 to 2003,and as the president of the University of North Florida from 2003 to 2018. In 2021,he was named President of Flagler College after a few months as Interim. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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- ↑ "Mayor J.E.T. Bowden - Jacksonville, Florida". Florida Memory . Retrieved September 24, 2016.
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