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This logo, used from 1936 until 1962, represented a pro football team that plays in the Canadian Football League, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Founded in 1930, the Bombers have appeared in a CFL record 24 Grey Cup championship games, winning 10. The current Winnipeg roster includes two quarterbacks who’ve played in the NFL – Drew Willy and Brian Brohm, and the team was coached for 10 years by Hall of Famer Bud Grant, before he went on to coach the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings. In 1956, Blue Bomber fans named Labatt’s Pilsener Lager beer in honor of their team, giving birth to today’s Labatt Blue.

Logo of a college football program, the William & Mary Tribe, used from 1974 until 2003. The team competes in the Colonial Athletic Conference. Former coaches of the team who have gone on to bigger and better things include Lou Holtz, Mike Tomlin and Marv Levy, while former Tribe players who’ve gone on to play pro football include Dan Darragh, Al Crow, Mark Kelso and Hall of Famer Lou Creekmur.

Logo of a pro football team that played in the Canadian Football League for only a single season, the Las Vegas Posse. They were part of a mostly failed experiment by the CFL of adding American expansion teams, and existed for only the 1994 season. Their coach was Ron Meyer, who had previously coached the Colts and Patriots in the NFL. The Posse were a failure on and off the field, as they didn’t win many games and had extremely low attendance, but their roster included a rookie quarterback named Anthony Calvillo, who would go on to become the most prolific passer in CFL history.

Logo of a long-forgotten team that played in the old World League of American Football, the Ohio Glory. The club played only one season in the WLAF (later to be called NFL Europe) and won only one game in that season in 1992. They were coached by former Miami Dolphin Hall of Fame lineman Larry Little, and played their home games at Ohio State University’s stadium. Their roster included a few players who spent time in the NFL, including Babe Laufenberg, George Koonce and punter Tom Rouen.

This is the memorial logo being worn by the Buffalo Bills in 2014 in honor of their late founder and owner Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Wilson was one of the original eight owners who founded the American Football League, which began play in 1960. He was the last survivor of that group, known collectively as “The Foolish Club” for having the audacity to challenge the established NFL. He also played an important behind-the-scenes role in helping to bring about the merger between the AFL and NFL which produced the thriving entity the league has become today.

Logo of a small college football program, the Holy Cross Crusaders, used from 1966 until 1998. The team plays in the Patriot League, a Football Championship Sub-division conference (formerly known as Division I-AA). Former Crusaders who’ve played pro football in either the AFL or NFL include Hall of Famer George Connor, Bob Dee, Doug Cosbie , Vince Promuto and Jon Morris.

Today’s logo is another example of the great cartoon art featured on the American Football League’s game day programs in the 1960s. This program was from a pre-season game played on August 14, 1964 between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs, and shows the “Buffalo Bill” logo that was used on many of the Bills’ programs at the time, dousing the campfire of a pretty sorry-looking Chief.

On the left is the iconic logo of the National Football League, unofficially known as “The Shield”, and on the right is the same logo as it appeared when first introduced in 1960. Obviously, it’s not a “team” logo, but the NFL itself, in the early years under commissioner Pete Rozelle, became somewhat of a team as the team owners, under Rozelle’s guidance, incorporated as one and negotiated huge television contracts that called for revenue sharing and ensured even the small market franchises could remain solvent and competitive. It was a brilliant strategy that helped grow the game into the media giant that it is today.

Logo of the University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, a college football team that plays in the Mountain West Conference. They had a run of success in the late 1990s into the 2000s, under coach June Jones, including a major bowl appearance in 2008, when they lost to Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. Former Hawaii players who have spent time in the NFL include Colt Brennan, Larry Cole, Golden Richards, Jason Elam, Jesse Sapolu, Davone Bess and Mark Tuinei.

Logo of a college football team, the University of Louisville Cardinals, used from 1980 until 2000. The program has existed since 1912, and currently the team plays in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Although never mentioned as one of the nation’s gridiron powerhouse schools, the Cardinals have sent many players on to the NFL, including John Unitas, Lenny Lyles, Doug Buffone, Tom Jackson, Ted Washington, Joe Jacoby, Otis Wilson, Ernest Givens, Frank Minnifield and Ernie Green. There are many current Louisville alumni in the league also, including Deion Branch, Eric Wood, Preston Brown, Teddy Bridgewater, David Akers, Elvis Dumervil, Harry Douglas and William Gay.