Classic Team Logo of the Day

Logo of the Chicago Cougars of the World Hockey Association, one of the league’s original franchises. They existed from 1972 until 1975, and in their second season advanced to the WHA playoffs final round, but lost the battle for the Avco Cup to Gordie Howe’s Houston Aeros. In an earlier playoff round that same year, the … Read More

In 1993 the Canadian Football League decided to add 2 teams from U.S. cities, San Antonio and Sacramento, but the San Antonio team, the Texans, folded before ever playing a game. This is their logo. In 1995, the Sacramento team moved to San Antonio and the Texans were reborn, but played only the one year … Read More

Logo of an old National Basketball Association franchise, the Rochester Royals, who played in the league from 1945 until 1957, when they were relocated to Cincinnati. In the team’s early pre-NBA years, Otto Graham played for them, before moving on to his true calling as an NFL quarterback. Some of the notable players from the … Read More

Logo of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team used between 1954 and 1960, and revived on the uniform sleeves of the team today.  They were officially the “Redlegs” in that era, and in ’54, Nino Escalera became the first black player to play for the franchise. Other notable players during this era, which was mostly a … Read More

Logo of the World Hockey Association Cleveland Crusaders, who played in the league from 1972 until 1976. The team’s most notable player was goaltender Gerry Cheevers, signed away from the NHL’s Boston Bruins. Their fate was sealed when the NHL California Golden Seals relocated to Cleveland and became the Barons. Unable to compete with the … Read More

In the World Football League’s inaugural season in 1974, the league decided to go international and put a franchise in Canada – the Toronto Northmen, whose logo is on the left. However, Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau ruled that no American-based football team would be allowed to play in Canada in competition with the Canadian Football … Read More

Logo of  basketball’s New York Knickerbockers, used by the NBA franchise from their inaugural season in the Basketball Association of America (predecessor of the NBA) in 1946 until 1963. the Knicks, along with the Boston Celtics, are the only 2 original NBA teams still located in their original city. During the years this logo was … Read More

Here is another logo of a team from the old World Football League, the Birmingham Americans. They were the league’s most successful franchise, winning all 13 of their home games in the league’s two year existence, and winning the 1974 “World Bowl”, the WFL’s championship game. It turned out to be the only title game … Read More

One of the most iconic logos in all of sports, the logo of the National Hockey League’s Montreal Canadiens. The franchise is one of the NHL’s “original six” teams, but is the only team that actually pre-dates the founding of the NHL. They are one of the oldest professional sports franchises in North America, and also … Read More

Logo of the Southern California Sun, a franchise in the short-lived World Football League in the 1970s. They were coached by former L.A. Ram legend Tom Fears and had winning records in their 2 years of existence in 1974 and ’75. They played their home games at Anaheim Stadium, and produced some quality quarterbacks in their … Read More