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Logo of the Buffalo Bills professional football team, from its’ days in the old American Football League. The team played in the AFL for all 10 years of its’ existence, and won league titles in 1964 and ’65. The red “standing buffalo” logo was changed to the current “charging buffalo” logo in 1973 when the team, absorbed into the NFL when the two leagues merged, moved into its’ new digs – Rich Stadium. The logo was revived on the club’s “throwback” uniforms for the AFL’s 50th Anniversary season a couple of years ago.

Logo of the National Football League’s New York Giants, the defending Super Bowl champions and one of the oldest and most storied franchises in the league. This logo was used from 1976 until 1999, an era that included the opening of the new (now old) Meadowlands Stadium, the “Miracle of the Meadowlands” Joe Pisarcik fumble that turned a sure Giant victory into defeat, and on into the successful Bill Parcells Super Bowl winning years. The club, founded in 1925 by owner Tim Mara, is, to this day, legally known as “The New York Football Giants”, a move that was made to distinguish them, in the old days, from baseball’s New York Giants who played in the National League before moving to San Francisco.

Logo of the Washington Senators baseball team, an old defunct club that played in the American League from 1961 to 1971, when they relocated to Texas and became the Texas Rangers. The Senators had existed as an AL club from 1955 until 1960, but moved to Minnesota following the ’60 season and became the Twins. An uproar among Washington politicians over that move caused baseball officials to quickly put an expansion team back in the nation’s capital, and another new version of the Senators was born. The records of the old team were transferred with the Twins’ franchise. These Senators were a losing franchise for their entire existence, with power-hitting Frank Howard being the face of the team. The unofficial team “motto” was the joke: “Washington – first in war, first in peace and last in the American League.”

Logo of the Arizona Diamondbacks major league baseball team used from their inaugural season in 1998 until 2006. The D-Backs were one of the most successful expansion franchises of all time, winning the World Series in only their fourth year of existence in 2001. Some of the club’s star players over the years include Matt Williams, Luis Gonzalez, Mark Grace, Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling.

This is the logo of the Los Angeles Kings’ National Hockey League team from their inaugural season in 1967, when they joined the NHL as one of 6 new expansion teams. The NHL had been comprised of 6 franchises dubbed the “Original Six”, and when the new clubs were added in ’67 they eventually became known as the “Additional Six”. The teams were stocked through an expansion draft, but Kings’ owner Jack Kent Cooke took the additional step of purchasing the AHL’s Springfield Indians’ franchise to bolster his club’s roster. They were one of the more successful of the new teams, finishing second in the Western Division (made up of all 6 new clubs), and also had the best won/loss record of all the new teams against the established Original Six, even winning a pair of games against the storied Montreal Canadiens.

Logo of the Indianapolis Clowns, a baseball team that played in the Negro American League in the 1930s and ’40s. Most of the old Negro League teams disbanded after the integration of major league baseball, but the Clowns continued to operate as a barnstorming, comic-leaning operation, a baseball version of the Harlem Globetrotters, well into the 1960s. Their early roster even included showman Goose Tatum, a famous future Globetrotter. The Clowns employed the first female player, second baseman Toni Stone, and their roster also included future major leaguers Paul Casanova, Choo Choo Coleman and John Wyatt. However, their most famous player ever was outfielder Henry Aaron, who played for them in 1952 before his contract was sold to the major league Boston Braves’ organization.

Logo of a college football team that plays in the Southeast Conference, the University of Florida Gators. This logo was used primarily between 1992 and 1997, which is only a short period in the school’s long storied gridiron history. When the team won the national championship in 2006, it was a crowning achievement in a year in which they were celebrating their 100th season of major college football. The Gators play in the Southeast Conference, considered the best league in college football, and have won 8 SEC titles, and 3 national championships. They’ve had plenty of great players at the school over the years, including 3 Heisman Trophy winners – Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel and most recently Tim Tebow. The school has sent plenty of top players on to pro football, including Tebow, Wes Chandler, Cris Collinsworth, Jack Youngblood, Wilber Marshall, Trace Armstrong, Lomas Brown, Jevon Kearse, Fred Taylor and current players Percy Harvin, David Nelson, Maurkice Pouncey and Aaron Hernandez.

Logo of a former minor league hockey team, the Manitoba Moose. The Moose, based in Winnipeg, came into existence in the International Hockey League in 1996 after the NHL  Jets moved to Phoenix. The team played in the IHL until 2001, and when that league folded the Moose were absorbed into the American Hockey League, lasting until 2011 when the NHL returned to Winnipeg. The Moose had a number of notable players, including Scott Arniel,  Mike Keane and current Vancouver goalie Cory Schneider, and their roster of coaches over the years included Stan Smyl, Randy Carlyle, Claude Noel, Jean Perron and Alain Vigneault.

Logo of an old minor league hockey team that played in the American Hockey League, the Quebec Citadelles. The team relocated to Quebec from Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1999, and was the city’s professional team after the NHL Nordiques moved to Colorado. Although originally popular, they lasted only 3 seasons in Quebec before moving to Hamilton, Ontario. Some of their notable players include Eric Landry, Darryl Shannon, Jose Theodore, Michael Ryder and Arron Asham.

Logo of a former minor league hockey team that played in the American Hockey League, the Albany River Rats. The franchise existed in Albany from 1993 until 2010, when it was relocated to Charlotte, NC. They were a long time affiliate of the New Jersey Devils, and won the league’s Calder Cup championship in 1994/95. Some of their notable players include Patrik Elias, Petr Sykora, Sheldon Souray, Brian Rolston and Keith Aucoin.