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Logo of a National Basketball Association franchise that was founded as an expansion team in 1988, the Charlotte Hornets. This logo was used for the first 2 years of the team’s existence. They played in Charlotte until 2002, when the club was relocated to New Orleans. Some notable players from the team’s early years include Kelly … Read More

Logo from the early 1970s of major league baseball’s Cleveland Indians. This logo, showing “Chief Wahoo” swinging a bat, was used from 1973 until 1979. During this era, the Indians named baseball’s first African American manager when Frank Robinson became player/manager in 1975. Unfortunately, it was also the era of the Tribe’s ugly fire engine red “beer league softball” … Read More

This is the original team logo of hockey’s Toronto Maple Leafs, an “original six” member of the National Hockey league, and one of North America’s most storied sports franchises. They joined the NHL in 1917, and from 1919 until 1927 played as the Toronto St. Patricks. They became the Leafs in 1927, and the logo … Read More

Logo of the Pittsburgh Maulers, a pro football team that played one season, in 1984, in the old United States Football League. The team was owned by Eddie DeBartolo, Sr., whose son owned the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers. The Maulers made a big public relations splash when they drafted and signed college football’s Heisman Trophy … Read More