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Classic Team Logo of The Day

08 Jan

Logo of the Arizona Outlaws football team, who played one season, 1985, in the United States Football League after transferring from Oklahoma. Their coach was former Arizona State legend Frank Kush, and their most notable player was quarterback Doug Williams, who would go on to win a Super Bowl with the NFL’s Washington Redskins.

 

Classic Team Logo of The Day

06 Jan

Logo of the Baltimore Colts’ football team that played in the All America Football Conference from 1947 until 1949, then joined the NFL in 1950. This original Colts franchise folded in 1950, however, and another Colts team was born in 1953 from remnants of an NFL team that had been based in Dallas. That franchise is the one that now plays in Indianapolis. Despite being totally different entities, both Colt franchises had logos that were almost identical. The AAFC Colts, in their short existence, boasted 3 future Hall of Famers on their roster – Art Donovan, George Blanda and Y.A. Tittle.

 

Classic Team Logo of The Day

04 Jan

Logo of a team that plays in the National Football League, the San Diego Chargers. This logo was used from the first year the team played in San Diego, 1961, through the team’s American Football League years, until 1973, when they were already part of the newly merged NFL. Hall of Fame coach Sid Gillman led the team for most of the years this logo was used, and their players included AFL legends like John Hadl, Paul Lowe, Keith Lincoln, Lance Alworth, Ron Mix, Ernie Ladd and Earl Faison.

 

Classic Team Logo of The Day

02 Jan

Logo of a team from the old World Football League, the Portland Storm. The team played in the league’s inaugural 1973 season but folded halfway through the ’74 season. Their general manager was former San Diego Charger lineman Ron Mix, and the team’s roster included some former AFL and NFL legends, including Pete Beathard, Ben Davidson and Marty Schottenheimer.

 

Classic Team Logo of The Day

30 Dec

Logo of a football team that played in the old United States Football League, the Washington Federals. The club played the first 2 seasons of the league’s existence, 1983 and ’84, in Washington’s RFK Stadium before relocating to Orlando, Florida for the 1985 season. Like most teams in that league, the Federals’ roster included former and future NFL players, including Craig James, Coy Bacon, Reggie Collier, Joe Gilliam and Stan Rome.

 

Classic Team Logo of The Day

26 Dec

Logo of a team that once played in the Canadian Football League, the Ottawa Rough Riders. The franchise, one of the oldest sports teams in North America, was founded in 1876 and played until folding after the 1996 season. The logo above was used in the 1960s, when the Riders won 3 of the 9 Grey Cup championships in their history.  Some notable players from this era are CFL legends Russ Jackson, Ron Stewart and Margene Adkins. One of the signs that the franchise was in trouble, just prior to folding, came when the club drafted a player named Derrell Robertson in 1995. He was a decent player – the problem was he had died in a car accident the previous December.

 

Classic Team Logo of The Day

21 Dec

Logo of a football team that played in the old United States Football League in the 1980s, the Michigan Panthers. The Panthers played 2 seasons in the league before it folded, winning its’ inaugural championship in 1983 and losing the title game in ’84 in overtime. The team’s top players included Bobby Hebert, Anthony Carter, Ray Bentley, Ray Pinney and Cleo Miller.

 

Classic Team Logo of The Day

19 Dec

Logo of a football team that plays in the National Football League, the New Orleans Saints. The logo was used from the team’s inception in 1967 until 1984. Although they’ve won a championship in recent years and are currently among the league’s top teams, the Saints were a consistent loser for most of the years this logo was used. The team’s first coach was Hall of Famer Tom Fears, and among the players from the era of this logo are Jim Taylor, Archie Manning, Danny Abramowicz, John Gilliam, Tom Dempsey, Billy Kilmer, Dave Parks, Chuck Muncie, Wes Chandler and Ken Stabler.

 

Classic Team Logo of The Day

15 Dec

Logo of the alma mater of the player featured on the sports card of the day, Troy Aikman – the UCLA Bruins. The Bruins have never been a dominant football program, usually playing second fiddle in their conference to USC, but they’ve been competent, winning a national title in 1954 and numerous bowl games. They also had a Heisman Trophy winner – QB Gary Beban in 1962. The school’s basketball program, on the other hand, was THE dominant force under coach John Wooden in the 1960s and ’70s, featuring such all time players as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor), Bill Walton, Gail Goodrich, Lucius Allen, Walt Hazzard, Henry Bibby, Marques Johnson, Curtis Rowe, Sidney Wicks and Reggie Miller. Bruins’ hoop teams have won an amazing 11 national championships over the years.

 

Classic Team Logo of The Day

12 Dec

This is a classic logo of another college football powerhouse, the University of Miami Hurricanes. Over the years, the school has won 5 national championships and holds a couple of NFL draft distinctions – they had the most first round picks in a single draft, and the most consecutive drafts with at least one first round pick. Players from the school refer to it as “The U”, and the list of former Hurricanes includes Don Bosseler, Jim Kelly, Michael Irvin, Warren Sapp, Bennie Blades, Vinny Testaverde, Bernie Kosar, Russell Maryland and Gino Torretta.