# The Hawkeye Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 10, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896 "2014-12-10T23:23:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/61 "2014-12-14T20:30:49Z")
> [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > Before submitting, I thought my choice, “A device used to track balls in sporting events” would be, if not first, a close 2nd behind Hawkeye Pierce. At the moment it’s at 1.32% I voted Hawkeye Pierce, because that was the first thing I thought of, but I’m also surprised that the sports device hasn’t been voted for more. Is it used in any American sports? I know it from the cricket. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/62 "2014-12-14T21:31:27Z")
Someone with keen eyesight, with CPT Pierce a close second, followed by the first four on the list in no particular order. The rest of the suggestions I’ve never even heard of. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/63 "2014-12-14T22:28:31Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I thought it a bit odd Hawkeye Pierce had a superhero name. _Last of the Mohicans_ was the only book his father read. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/64 "2014-12-15T05:03:00Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > I voted Hawkeye Pierce, because that was the first thing I thought of, but I’m also surprised that the sports device hasn’t been voted for more. Is it used in any American sports? I know it from the cricket. I think it was my thread on Hawkeye being fallible which cause this poll, but my answer would have been M_A_S\*H as well until a couple of years ago. These days its the tech. Looking at the wiki page for [Hawk-Eye](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk-Eye), it seems that it is used in Cricket (for which it was originally developed), Association Football and Tennis. Not so much in American sports. Incidentally, its named for its chief inventor, a chap by the name of Dr Hawkins. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/65 "2014-12-15T08:06:18Z")
In this order: A character from MASH A character from Last of the Mohicans Iowa ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896/66 "2014-12-15T13:27:37Z")
First thought was the TV show MASH followed closely by the _The Last of the Mohicans_. I had to read the thread to see other options, most of which were unknown to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hawkeye-poll/706896.md?page=3)