Classic Team Logo of the Day

Not a team logo, but the official logo of the old American Football League, which existed for 10 seasons between 1960 and 1969, before merging with the established National Football League. The newly merged league began play in 1970 with the original NFL teams (minus Pittsburgh, Cleveland and the Baltimore Colts) making up the National … Read More

Logo of a storied college football program that plays in the Big Ten Conference, the Michigan State Spartans. This logo was used from 1977 until 1982. Over the years, the Spartans have won or shared a total of 6 national championships. They have also sent numerous players on to the NFL, including Hall of Famers Herb … Read More

An “alternate” logo, used from 1963 until 1992, of one of the oldest franchises in the National Football League, the Chicago Bears. Some have said the Bear resembles former Bear Hall of Fame tight end and coach Mike Ditka. The team was founded and owned by George “Papa Bear” Halas, who also was a one … Read More

Logo of a small college football powerhouse, the Grambling State Tigers. Coached for 57 years by the legendary Eddie Robinson, the winningest coach in college football history, the Tigers became known as a school that regularly sent players on to the professional level. When Robinson retired in 1997, his successor was one of those players, … Read More

Logo of the Washington State University Cougars, used from 1956 until 1963. They are a member of the Pacific 12 conference, and are currently coached by Mike Leach. The Cougars have sent many players on to the NFL, including Drew Bledsoe, Keith Lincoln, Mark Rypien, Marcus Trufant and kickers Joe Danelo, Jason Hansen and Rian Lindell.

        Whoever came up with the design for the new logo of the National Football League’s Miami Dolphins, pictured above, must have thought the name of the team was the Miami Minnows. It’s another example of an attempt to “modernize” a logo of a team that has a rich history and tradition, … Read More

Logo of a minor league hockey team that played in the American Hockey League, the Philadelphia Phantoms. The club was founded in 1996 as a minor league AHL affiliate of the NHL Flyers, and played in Philly until 2009, when their home rink, the old Spectrum, was torn down. The team was relocated to Glen … Read More

Logo of the Clemson Tigers college football team, used from 1968 until 1975. Traditionally known as the “Clemson University Fighting Tigers”, the team plays in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and has produced 68 All Americans, 5 undefeated seasons and 169 NFL players, including William “The Refrigerator” Perry, Michael Dean Perry, Joe Bostic, Jerry Butler, Bennie … Read More

This isn’t a team logo, but rather the 2011 version of the logo commemorating “Jackie Robinson Day”, that day being April 15th, a day which major league baseball uses annually to honor the man who bravely broke baseball’s color line when he played his first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers on the date in 1947. … Read More

Logo of the Syracuse Crunch, a minor league hockey team, used from 2000 until 2010. The Crunch play in the East Division of the American Hockey League, and are currently affiliated with the Tampa Bay Lightning. They have always had a reputation as a “rough and tumble” style of hockey team, and in February of … Read More