Classic Team Logo of the Day

Logo of a football team from the Canadian Football League, the Montreal Alouettes, used from 1964 until 1969. Although the current club is one of the most successful in CFL history, the Als had little success during the era of this logo, registering nothing but losing seasons throughout the decade of the 1960s. During this … Read More

Logo of a football team that had a head coach, but actually never existed – the Atlantic Schooners. They were to be awarded an expansion franchise in the Canadian Football League to begin play in 1984, located in the Canadian Atlantic provinces – Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, with the stipulation that a … Read More

Logo of the National Football League’s Detroit Lions, used by the franchise from 1961 until 1969. It’s a good logo to feature at this time, since it represents the era in which Alex Karras, who recently passed away, was a star defensive lineman for the team. The Lions had some decent teams in the 1960s … Read More

Logo of one of the oldest franchises in major league baseball, the Boston Red Sox. The team was founded in 1901, and has played in their current stadium, Fenway Park, since 1912. This particular logo was used from 1979 until 2008. That era includes one of the lowest moments in franchise history – the ground … Read More

Logo of a football team from the Canadian Football League, the Ottawa Rough Riders, used from 1950 until 1960. The club was founded in 1876, and is one of the oldest pro sports franchises in North America. The 3 banners used in the logo stand for “Ottawa Football Club”, and during the era when this … Read More

Logo of the Brooklyn Tigers, a football franchise that played one season in the National Football League, 1944. The team played as the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1930 until 1943, changed their name to the Tigers for the ’44 season, then merged with the Boston Yanks in 1945. The fact that they were winless, with an … Read More

Logo of a Canadian Football League team, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, used from 1963 until 1994. The franchise was born in 1930 and over the years has won a total of 10 Grey Cup CFL championships. Four of those came in the late 1950s and early ’60s when their head coach was Bud Grant, who … Read More

Logo of the Chicago Blitz football team, a club that played in the United States Football League in 1983 and ’84. The team was quarterbacked by former Chicago Bears’ QB Vince Evans, and its roster included some pretty good players, including Trumaine Johnson, Larry Canada, Frank Minnifield, Greg Landry and Joe Ehrmann. The Blitz’s biggest … Read More

Logo of a baseball team that played in both the Negro American and National Leagues, the Baltimore Black Sox. The club actually spent most of its’ existence as an independent team and also was one of the original franchises in the Eastern Colored League. In 2007, the Baltimore Orioles wore Black Sox throwback uniforms to … Read More

Logo of another old, defunct team from the early years of the National Football League, the Dayton Triangles. The team, named for their home field of Triangle Park in Dayton, Ohio, played in the NFL from 1922 until 1929, and were mostly a doormat in the league, recording only one winning season in their 8 … Read More