Description: The Chicago Tigers were an early member of the NFL, called the APFA at the time. They existed for one year but couldn't compete with the Chicago Cardinals and the Staley team headed by George Halas. The design is a modern one, part of a project to project what defunct NFL teams might look like if they had continued.
Description: The Chicago Tigers were an early member of the NFL, called the APFA at the time. They existed for one year but couldn't compete with the Chicago Cardinals and the Staley team headed by George Halas. The design is a modern one, part of a project to project what defunct NFL teams might look like if they had continued.
Description: Providence had a very odd logo that I've never truly been able to track the origin of. A weird dog / dog man that is unrelated to steam rollers or the town of providence, it's so odd that it defies reinvention. This drawing was in a program between Providence and Pottsville, back when both fielded NFL teams. The color fill was not a part of the original cartoon but both orange and gray were team colors.
Description: The Los Angles Dons were founded in 1946 as a member of the AAFC along with the Cleveland Browns and the San Fransisco 49ers. They had a number of celebrity shareholders and actually out drew the Los Angles Rams during their time. The logo is taken from the wordmark used by the team.
Description: The Miami Seahawks were founded in 1946 as a member of the AAFC along with the Cleveland Browns and the San Fransisco 49ers. They were given a late start and had a number of factors come against them. Because the AAFC scheduled home games for warm weather teams late in the season by the time the Seahawks played their second home game it was obvious they would not make the playoffs and attendance suffered.
Description: The Brooklyn Dodgers were founded in 1946 as a member of the AAFC along with the Cleveland Browns and the San Fransisco 49ers. Confusingly, there was an NFL team named the Brooklyn Dodgers that went defunct in 1945. The design was one I found going thru a sketchbook. I had intended on using it the first time I worked on a modernized Brooklyn Dodgers team uniform and hadn't gotten around to it at the time. Now, with a better handle on Flexisign, I decided to work thru it. The kid's long sleeve default is kelly green because my son wanted it to be. Green is his favorite color and if there's one of my own designs I order, this might be it.
Description: The old Canton Bulldogs logo by Rene Sanchez (https://twitter.com/Ren1969_Rene), posted here by his permission. The Canton Bulldogs were an original NFL team. They were a two time NFL champion and featured several NFL Hall of Famers. The team still holds the record for most wins without a loss, compiled over three seasons.
Description: Ernie Nevers was one of the early stars of the NFL. He was a five time All Pro, a member of the all-decade team for the 1920's and holder of the NFL record for most points scored in a single game by one player. He is tied with Alvin Kamera and Gale Sayers for most touchdowns in a single game and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. During the 1920's he was the star player and (for one year) coach of the Duluth Eskimos, a traveling football team. (At the time some teams always or almost always played on the road.) Nevers stardom was enough to guarantee large ticket sales.
Description: This is a modernized version of a logo for the Akron Pros, who were the first NFL Champions in 1920. Featuring Fritz Pollard, the Pros narrowly beat out the Decatur Staleys (the current Chicago Bears) and the Buffalo All Americans. This logo is part of a series looking at defunct NFL teams and how they might look if they had continued success.
Description: This is a modernized version of a logo for the Akron Pros, who were the first NFL Champions in 1920. Featuring Fritz Pollard, the Pros narrowly beat out the Decatur Staleys (the current Chicago Bears) and the Buffalo All Americans. This logo is part of a series looking at defunct NFL teams and how they might look if they had continued success.
Description: The Providence Steamroller (or Steamrollers) was an NFL team from 1924 to 1931. They were the last currently defunct team to win an NFL championship in 1928. They had a very logo that's a thin drawing of a dog or dog/man that defies understanding. Assuming the team had continued to play they would have likely gone with a logo closer related to their name at some point. The red stripe is there as a tribute to the tongue sticking out on the original logo.
Description: The text from this image is taken from the letterhead used by the Akron Pros. This particular letterhead was used to record the minutes of the very first meeting of the American Professional Football Association, which would change it's name to the National Football League. The player comes from a 1921 program between the Buffalo All Americans and the Akron Pros.
Description: The Staten Island Stapletons, or Stapes, were an NFL team from 1929 to 1932. This (as far as I know) an authentic design for a team patch. The team was done in by the small size of their home stadium. The stadium did have one bonus though. The team owner also owned a speakeasy joined to the stadium and after home games the players would go there to share a drink with the fans.
Description: The Dayton Triangles were one of the original NFL teams, lasting from from 1920 to 1929. The team was made up of players from the three large factories in Dayton, leading to the name the Triangles. This is a colorized version of newspaper artwork used by the team to advertise upcoming games.
Description: The Dayton Triangles were one of the original NFL teams, lasting from from 1920 to 1929. The team was made up of players from the three large factories in Dayton, leading to the name the Triangles. This is a modern re-imagining of the logo, created with the idea that the team had survived and continued to play in the NFL and that this was their current logo and wordmark.
Description: The Buffalo All Americans were one of the founding teams of the NFL. This is a modern version of the team's logo, or more accurately, a version of the image found on their letterhead. The team's colors were black, orange and white. I did a few versions before hitting on this one. It's clean and modern, but also pulls from the vintage image. They were very good early on, with a legitimate claim on the first two championships of the NFL.
Description: The New York Bulldogs were part of a series of team names used by Ted Collins in an effort to find the right one. They were the Boston Yanks, The Yanks, the New York Bulldogs and the New York Yanks and Dallas Texans. The last iteration of the team eventually became the founding pieces of the Baltimore Colts, who became NFL: Champions in 1958. The logo is original, although the colors have been changed to fit the logo and to provide a more modern color scheme.
Description: The Milwaukee Badgers were an NFL team from 1922 to 1926. They were involved in the 1925 NFL Championship controversy. The artwork is based on what I could find of their logo. It seems more modern than the 1920's but I've never found evidence that it wasn't authentic. The artwork was done as part of series looking at Defunct NFL teams and what their uniforms and logos would have looked like today.
Description: Jim Thorpe has been called the greatest athlete of the first part of the twentieth century. He was an Olympic champion a MLB pitcher and a HOF NFL running back. He played college football against WWII generals and was the first president (commissioner) of the NFL. This is my colorized version of a photo from 1912, now in the Library of Congress.
Description: Jim Thorpe has been called the greatest athlete of the first part of the twentieth century. He was an Olympic champion a MLB pitcher and a HOF NFL running back. He played college football against WWII generals and was the first president (commissioner) of the NFL. This is my colorized version of a photo from 1912, now in the Library of Congress.
