Classic Team Logo of the Day

Logo of the Virginia Squires basketball team, a member of the old American Basketball Association. Like a lot of the old ABA teams, the Squires were nomadic, starting out as the Oakland Oaks in 1967 before moving to Washington, DC and becoming the Caps in 1969. At that time, the owner of the NBA’s Baltimore … Read More

Logo of a minor league baseball team, the old Louisville Redbirds, who were a Triple A franchise that existed from 1982 until 1998. The team name came from their affiliation with the St. Louis Cardinals, and they were an immediate hit with Kentucky baseball fans, becoming the first minor league franchise to draw over a … Read More

Logo of an old minor league hockey team, the Springfield Indians. Based in Springfield, Massachussets, the Indians were founding members of the American Hockey League and existed in the league for 60 years, from 1924 until 1994, with some brief interruptions over the years. This logo was used from 1936 until 1967, when they became … Read More

This is an “alternate” logo of the National Football League’s St. Louis Cardinals, incorporating the city’s Gateway Arch, used starting in 1966 when the Arch first opened. The Cardinals moved from Chicago to St.Louis after the 1960 season, and played there until 1987 when owner Bill Bidwell moved them to Arizona. They had exciting teams … Read More

Logo of the National Basketball Association’s Phoenix Suns, used from the team’s first season in 1968 until 1992. The Suns have been a pretty successful franchise, owning the fourth best winning percentage of all time, but in their four decades of existence have never won an NBA title. When the Suns entered the league in … Read More

Here is another logo of  Triple A minor league baseball team, the Portland Beavers. the Beavers were a charter member of the Pacific Coast League in 1903. The Beavers’ franchise has faded from existence and been brought back to life several times over the years, most recently in 2000 when this logo was put into … Read More

Logo of the Niagara Falls Flyers, a “Tier 1”  junior “A” Ontario Hockey League team that played from 1976 until 1982. The club was moved to Niagara Falls  from St. Catharines, Ontario in ’76, and it was the second incarnation of the team, under the same owner as its’ predecessor, which played from 1960 until 1972. … Read More

This is a logo honoring the Detroit Lions’ traditional National Football League game played annually in the city on Thanksgiving Day. The Lions have hosted the annual game since 1934. The game was originally set up as a marketing ploy to drum up attendance when the Lions first moved to Detroit from Portsmouth, Ohio, but … Read More

Logo of the National Basketball Association’s old Vancouver Grizzlies, who entered the league as an expansion team in 1995. The Grizzlies joined the league along with another Canadian city, Toronto, that year, and played in Vancouver until 2001. They were a losing operation in their entire tenure there, and in 1999, the team’s top draft … Read More

Logo of major league baseball’s San Diego Padres, used from 1969, their first year of existence as a National League expansion team, until 1984. The “Padres” team name was a tribute to the minor league team in that city that had existed since 1937. The team didn’t do much winning when this logo was in existence, but … Read More