Nav Bhatia, Toronto Raptors Superfan

When you hear the words “museum artifact” you probably don’t picture a bobblehead. Nav Bhatia’s enthusiastic devotion to the Toronto Raptors made him a celebrity — and the first fan inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame. Now, he’s been immortalized as a “Superfan” bobblehead doll. The Canadian Museum of History recently acquired a Nav bobblehead for our collection. Hear Nav tell his story and curator Sarah Barnes talk about why fans matter so much to sport history.   

Transcript: https://www.historymuseum.ca/dod/podcasts/transcripts/s02e01

Canadian Museum of History Blog: “Nav Bhatia, Toronto Raptors Superfan”: https://www.historymuseum.ca/blog/artifactuality-nav-bhatia/