title: Golden Bear (disambiguation)
text: # Golden Bear (disambiguation)
  
  The Golden Bear is the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.
  
  Golden Bear may also refer to:
  
  ## Animals
  
  * California golden bear (Ursus arctos californicus), an extinct subspecies of the brown bear
  * The Golden Bear (legend), recalled in legends and stories of American Old West.
  
  ## Sports
  
  ### Team name or mascot
  
  * Alberta Golden Bears, men's sports teams at the University of Alberta
  * California Golden Bears, nickname for teams of the University of California, Berkeley
  * Concordia University (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
  * Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
  * Shelbyville Senior High School, Shelbyville, Indiana
  * Upper Arlington High School, Upper Arlington, Ohio
  * Upper Moreland High School, Upper Moreland, Pennsylvania
  * Vestal High School, Vestal, New York
  * West Virginia University Institute of Technology
  * Western New England University
  
  ### Competitions
  
  * Golden Bear of Zagreb, a figure skating competition
  
  ## Other
  
  * A nickname for Jack Nicklaus
  * SS Golden Bear, one of several merchant ships
  * Golden Bear (ship), a training vessel of the California Maritime Academy
  * Golden Bear (band), a rock band from Austin, TX
  * The Golden Bear (nightclub), a nightclub in Huntington Beach, California
  * A line of ammunition made by the Barnaul Cartridge Plant
  