artvandelay Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Trivia: the designer of the new "Dawg" logo is the same designer of the logos and uniforms for the Washington Nationals and the [insert Your Name Here] Angels.I think the Dawg logo was supposed to be for merchandise only anyway. Todd Radom "...and you want to be my latex salesman." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRYWHIT Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Here's the thing there...Elf=BrownsDog=FansKinda silly for the team's logo to be the fan group's logo. Nice to see the elf's return. true. But the dawg is a connection to the Canton Bulldogs ( the first team ever ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Trivia: the designer of the new "Dawg" logo is the same designer of the logos and uniforms for the Washington Nationals and the [insert Your Name Here] Angels.I think the Dawg logo was supposed to be for merchandise only anyway. Todd Radom I imagine he's the one that delievered the classic "That Chris Creamer guy" quote --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruColor Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Trivia: the designer of the new "Dawg" logo is the same designer of the logos and uniforms for the Washington Nationals and the [insert Your Name Here] Angels.I think the Dawg logo was supposed to be for merchandise only anyway. Todd Radom I imagine he's the one that delievered the classic "That Chris Creamer guy" quote Yep.I laughed a lot when Todd said that...(being guilty myself and all) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderstruk Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 I think the Elf is related to what Europeans call a "Brownie". The Brownies are the helpers of Santa's Elves. Honest. In fact, in England, children hang socks on the wall for the 7 days prior to Christmas in hopes that the Brownies will leave them candy. So......Brownies = Browns. That's the way I learned it. Very true! Though the team was named after owner coach Paul Brown and the elf was adopted after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockchalk Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Bucfan-The way I've always understood it is that Paul Brown (for whom the team is named) chose the original color scheme, perhaps in part because of Bowling Green. When Modell kicked Paul Brown out of Cleveland, he got picked up by the new organization in Cincinnati, and designed their look as well. Their initial look (with "BENGALS" on the helmet) was very Browns-esque, and orange-and-black isn't that far from orange-and-brown. Also, Paul Brown originally became famous as a high school coach, at Massillon HS, who are nicknamed the tigers and wear orange and black. They now play all of their home games at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium.I could be completely wrong about this, but it's how I've always understood it, and it seems to make sense. Yep, that's about it. If you've ever seen old NFL Films footage of Browns-Bengals games of the early 70's (before Cleveland had the orange pants) the teams are almost indistinguishable.And the St. Louis Browns had a very similar logo that I believe appeared right around WWII, but I'm not sure. The one that was referred to earlier in this thread was actually supposed to be St. Louis if I'm not mistaken. I've decided to give up hope for all sports teams I follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Yeap, that's what I was talkin' about...St. Louis:http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?l_id=4&t_id=88&logo=1339Cleveland:http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?l_id=7&t_id=586&logo=387Looking now at the Browns logo, I wonder if it was inspiration for the St. Louis Billikens logo:http://www.kmov.com/sports/topstories/stor...80.258941dd.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclopsis Joe Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Being a fan of simple, I prefer for the browns to just have one logo..the color orange. I don't speak for democrats, democrats don't speak for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Bilikens explained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 true. But the dawg is a connection to the Canton Bulldogs ( the first team ever ). Nope. The Dawg is a connection to the Browns defense of the 80's. Though there was a Cleveland team in the late 20's-early 30's that had a connection to the Bulldogs as they bought out Canton, raided it of it's best players and renamed themselves the Cleveland Bulldogs. Of course before then they were the Cleveland Indians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwk63 Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 I was at the game between the Browns and the Bills and the Browns wore jackets on the sidelines with the elf on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Record Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 The elf rocks. I'd love to see it incorporated into the helmets and/or uniforms. Any of you talented folks up to do a concept of that? Or maybe someone already has?I think it could take the most boring NFL uniforms and make them the most unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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