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We are not sure as to the origin of this name. The most likely, and the one steeped in Australian folk history is that Bill Pettit was a footballer who played 15 games for Carlton at the turn of the century and then took up boxing. Later on this mascot became the archetypal "Boxing Kangaroo" incorporated in Alan Bond's American Cup Yacht Challenge team in the middle of the 1970's until he brought the flag home to Fremantle.