Captain Hindsight Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Can't believe they switched to the current logo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPicc2114 Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 They should throwback to that logo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypetrobot Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 For fun, there's some more historic Bills logos here: http://www.sportslogos.net/franchise.php?id=149 Here's a link to a menu with other teams: http://www.sportslogos.net/league.php?id=7 The 49ers should definitely switch back to this ornery fella: http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=6872 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtbag Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 My Uncles name was Tommy Colella. He played RB and DB and punted. He was from Albion New York. My Aunt is STILL alive at 93 and STILL gets pension from the NFL. Crazy i have a old roster from a '48 game between the bills and brooklyn dodgers, but he's not listed. actually, it looks like he played for detroit, both the cleveland rams and browns, as well as the bills during his career (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Colella). he must have had some great stories from those days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPicc2114 Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 i have a old roster from a '48 game between the bills and brooklyn dodgers, but he's not listed. actually, it looks like he played for detroit, both the cleveland rams and browns, as well as the bills during his career (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Colella). he must have had some great stories from those days. He played for the cleveland Rams and Browns until 1948 and played the 1949 season with Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypetrobot Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 The Browns were a magical elf: http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=quatt6iqgd7dc8dhkdug Or one of these things: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_%28folklore%29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPicc2114 Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) i have a old roster from a '48 game between the bills and brooklyn dodgers, but he's not listed. actually, it looks like he played for detroit, both the cleveland rams and browns, as well as the bills during his career (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Colella). he must have had some great stories from those days. You gotta see all the memorabilia in their basement.. lots of old pictures autographed balls from the 40s etc. He was best friends with Lou Saban and knew Ralph Wilson very well. Ralph even showed up to an event honoring him in Buffalo about 10 years ago. He was dead but my Aunt was there to make a speech and accept the award. Edited September 29, 2011 by Mr. Negative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Can someone Photoshop Fitz's face on that logo? PTR Probably the fastest chop job I've done. Obviously could be improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPicc2114 Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 that is epic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Probably the fastest chop job I've done. Obviously could be improved. Excellent!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDD Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Probably the fastest chop job I've done. Obviously could be improved. You got skillz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taglientep Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Sorta looks like Fitzpatrick. BEard has been apart of the history since day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) You got skillz. It's all in the mspaint. I did my avatar in paint, yea that's right. Edited September 29, 2011 by The Wiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justnzane Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Those Bills were part of the defunct All America Football Conf. The NFL merged 3 franchises, SF, CLE, and BAL even though Buffalo was the best-supported team of the 3, and Buffalo was the 14th largest city in the USA at that time. (650K) If you believe the Wikipedia article, George Halas himself nixed Buffalo personally because of our weather and the city's rep for being "culturally backward." 10 years later Ralph Wilson assumed the Bills name for his AFL team. Also the orignal Bills were first called the Bisons, but changed to the Bills in 1949. PTR Halas had it out for Buffalo as a city as he was hated for his role in the Chicago Staleys stealing the 1921 NFL Championship away from the Buffalo All Americans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_NFL_Championship_controversy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Ralph didn't 'take over' anything. Paging KRC... History lesson paging KRC.. <crackling over PA system> Since I am being paged, I thought I would answer some of the questions here: Who owned the team back then and how long did they last before Ralph took over? Jim Breuil owned the team. Ralph had no affiliation with the team. James Breuil was the owner and they lasted for three seasons Four seasons. As some of the Buffalo Pro-football historians will mention around here...we got screwed...royally. When the league folded around 1950 the NFL took the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Colts and, by all accounts, should have taken the Buffalo Bills - a reasonably successful and very well supported franchise with many national supporters... ...so of course they took San Francisco. Cleveland and SF were always going to be absorbed into the NFL when the AAFC folded. The issue was the third team. Buffalo put together a good presentation, but they got screwed. George Preston Marshall did not want Baltimore, but he changed his mind when the NFL tossed a lot of money his way. If you believe the Wikipedia article, George Halas himself nixed Buffalo personally because of our weather and the city's rep for being "culturally backward." Not correct. I have no idea where that came from. If you want to blame anyone, you need to blame Bert Bell. He promised Buffalo that he would provide an NFL schedule with Buffalo included when Buffalo made their presentation to the other NFL owners. Bell never did that. Dan Reeves (owner of the LA Rams) said that he would not vote until a schedule was put together. Reeves' vote killed Buffalo's bid. 10 years later Ralph Wilson assumed the Bills name for his AFL team. Also the orignal Bills were first called the Bisons, but changed to the Bills in 1949. They changed to the Bills after the 1946 season. So Wikipedia suggests that the AAFC Bills we're actually named after a popular Buffalo barbershop quartet of the era (of whom was named after the frontiersman Buffalo Bill Cody). It is also suggested that Ralph got his name from the AAFC team. So, are our Bills an homage to a defunct singing group too? Nope. It was a write-in contest. Breuil owned Frontier Oil. The winner of the contest made the connection==>Frontier Oil==>Wild West==>Buffalo==>Buffalo Bill Cody. Ralph named his team in honor of the AAFC Buffalo Bills. Shameless plug: The Original Buffalo Bills Halas had it out for Buffalo as a city as he was hated for his role in the Chicago Staleys stealing the 1921 NFL Championship away from the Buffalo All Americans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_NFL_Championship_controversy Halas voted against it because he did not want a 14-team league. Reeves, Tony Morabito, Halas and Ray Bennigsen (Chicago Cardinals) voted no to Buffalo's admission into the NFL. Halas did not have it in for Buffalo. According to the rules of the time, he won the 1921 title legitimately. Whether it was ethical is another story. There was no official end to the season back then. Therefore, he continued to play until he had the necessary record. Buffalo's problem was that they scheduled two games in subsequent days, with the last game being against Chicago. Stupid move on their part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypetrobot Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Here's a higher resolution version of the AAFC Buffalo Bills. It's black and white though: http://i.imgur.com/CRZ9w.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Cubed Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) Kept my fitz version like the old, just switched the hair color a bit and gave him the #14 jersey Old Logo Edited September 29, 2011 by Wayne333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSBill Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 I didn't even know there was a team back then, cool stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 I didn't even know there was a team back then, cool stuff. There was an NFL team in the 1920s. I have records of pro football teams in Buffalo going back to the turn of the 20th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 There was an NFL team in the 1920s. I have records of pro football teams in Buffalo going back to the turn of the 20th century. Thanks for setting the records straight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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