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Logo of a hockey team from the defunct World Hockey Association, the San Diego Mariners, who played in the league beginning in 1974 and continued until folding prior to the 1977 season. They were owned by San Diego Padres owner and McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc in their final season, but drew poorly at the box office despite making the playoffs all 3 years they existed. Notable Mariner players included Harry Howell, a long-time NHL player who also served as a player/coach for the team, Andre Lacroix and goaltender Ernie Wakely.

Logo of the Jacksonville Bulls football team, a short-lived franchise in the United States Football League for 2 seasons – 1984 and ’85. The franchise was a big hit at the box office – drawing the only two 70,000+ crowds in the USFL’s short history. They were coached by Lindy Infante, who would go on to coach the Green Bay Packers. Two notable players from the Bulls were QB Brian Sipe and RB Mike Rozier, who was a Heisman Trophy winner.

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 Tripucka, the team’s leading scorer in their first 2 seasons, Muggsy Bogues, at 5’3″ the shortest player in NBA history, Rex Chapman, Kendall Gill and Larry Johnson.

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” uniforms, and the infamous Ten Cent Beer Night in 1974, which ended in a fan riot and a forfeit of the game by Cleveland.

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 remained pretty much the same, but switched from the Irish green color to the current blue. The Leafs have won 13 Stanley Cups over the years, second only to Montreal’s total of 24.

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 winner, running back Mike Rozier, but the team didn’t have a competent quarterback on their roster, and wound up with the USFL’s worst record, 3-15, in their lone season. When the league voted to move to the fall, the Maulers’ franchise was effectively killed, as there was no way they could compete with the NFL’s Steelers.

Logo of an old professional basketball team, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, who started in pro ball in 1946 as the Buffalo Bisons of the old National Basketball League. After 13 games in Buffalo, the team moved to Moline, Illinois, part of the “Tri-Cities” area. They were an original member of the NBA starting in 1949.  The franchise moved to Milwaukee in 1951 and became the Hawks, then moved on to St. Louis and eventually to their current home in Atlanta.

Logo of a minor league baseball franchise, the Calgary Cannons, who played in the Pacific Coast league for 18 seasons, from 1985 until 2002. They were affiliated with 4 different major league teams, most notably for 10 years with the Seattle Mariners. Some of their team alumni who had success in the majors are Alex Rodriguez, Jim Abbott, A.J. Burnett, Mike Lowell, Edgar and Tino Martinez, Kevin Millar and Omar Vizquel.

Logo of the minor league Milwaukee Admirals, a hockey team that has played in the American Hockey League since 2001. The Admirals started as an amateur team in 1970 and played in the United States  Hockey League and the International Hockey League before joining the AHL. They are the minor league affiliate of the Nashville Predators, and baseball’s Milwaukee Brewers are the sole uniform sponsors of the team – they wear a Brewers’ logo patch on their team sweaters.

Logo of the Barcelona Dragons football team, an entry in the World League of American Football (later known as NFL Europe) from 1991 to 2003. The Dragons played in the “World Bowl” championship game 4 times and won once. Former Boston College coach Jack Bicknell was the team’s head coach for its’ entire duration, and some notable Dragon players who went on to NFL careers are Kelly Holcomb, Jon Kitna, Brian Finneran, La’Roi Glover and Keith Traylor.