Classic Team Logo of the Day

Logo of “Dem Bums”, the Brooklyn Dodgers, used from 1952 until 1957. The Dodgers were a great team and dominated the National League for most of the 1950s but came up short in the World Series almost every season against the crosstown rival New York Yankees. The exception was in 1955 when the Dodgers finally beat … Read More

This is an alternate logo of Anaheim’s National Hockey League team, when they were owned by the Disney Corporation and still officially known as The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. The team was named for the youth team in the Disney movie of the same name, and the angry Donald Duck-looking goalie mask logo was popular … Read More

An early logo of the Philadelphia Eagles football team, which isn’t much different from their current logo. The Eagles last won the NFL title in 1960, when they defeated the Green Bay Packers to hand coach Vince Lombardi what would be the only post-season loss of his career. The Eagles have played in 2 Super … Read More

This is the logo of the American Basketball Association’s Carolina Cougars, who played in the league from 1969 through 1974, after moving to Carolina from Houston. Judging from this logo, maybe the team name should have been the Carolina Pink Panthers, since there’s a striking resemblance. In its’ short existence the team had 2 of … Read More

Logo of another old World Hockey Association franchise, the Los Angeles Sharks. This team was originally named the L.A. Aces, but when the San Francisco Sharks moved to Quebec and dropped the name, the L.A. franchise grabbed it. The team played in the City of Angels from 1972 until 1974, then moved to Michigan. The … Read More

Here are a couple of extremely different logos from the same team, major league baseball’s old St. Louis Browns. On the left is the team logo used from 1936 until 1951, showing Saint Louis on horseback with sword in hand. Then in 1952, the logo was changed to the impish “brownie” shown on the right. … Read More

This is an old logo of the National Football League’s Detroit Lions, used from 1952 to 1960, which was a golden era in the team’s history. Behind legendary quarterback Bobby Layne, the Lions played in 4 NFL title games in this era and won 3 of them.  The Lions angered Layne when they traded him … Read More

Logo of the National Basketball Association’s Baltimore Bullets, who later transferred to Washington, D.C. The franchise still plays in the nation’s capital, but the team was renamed the Wizards so as not to promote gun violence among young fans. Before playing in Baltimore, the franchise was located in Chicago, and was known first as the Packers, … Read More

A logo of another World Hockey Association team, the Denver Spurs. The Spurs came into existence in 1975 after Denver was spurned  by the NHL when the established league cancelled expansion plans after initially awarding Denver a “conditional” franchise. The team was a failure at the box office and eventually folded in 1976, but Denver … Read More

There have been so many different incarnations of Washington baseball teams over the years that it’s hard to keep track of them. This logo is of the American League Washington Nationals, who existed from 1901 to 1958, not to be confused with the current National League Nationals or the version of the AL Senators that was … Read More