fleaster Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Hello all, A few years back (about 1997) I picked up a purple hat at a closeouts only store bearing the logo and insignia of the "St. Louis Stallions" which had a gold colored horse head logo that seems similar to the current Broncos scheme. Inside the band there is an NFL "Officially Licensed Product" logo. Can anyone clue me in as to the history of this squad?Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFoA Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 The St. Louis Stallions were a failed expansion bid around that year of 1997. They have absolutely no history other than if they came into existence, the Rams wouldn't have won Super Bowl, at least in St. Louis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GasHouse1934 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 The expansion bid was in 1993. The proposed ownership group included Walter Payton, but unfortunately the partnership blew apart a week or so before the NFL meetings. A substitute group was hastily formed, but to no avail...Jacksonville got the team instead. Here in St. Louis, the color scheme earned the local nickname "Purple Stallions". I always thought it interesting that just a few years later, the Broncos ended up with a logo that was quite similar.thx, Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsfan39 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Ask STLFanatic, he's the resident St. Louis Stallion. *Slaps knee* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenger Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Thank god Baltimore and St. Louis didn't get those expansion teams. Two of the worst logos I've seen in sometime... especially the St. Louis one. It looked like it was drawn by a fourth grader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAO Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 im in fourth grade. bastard. Behance Network || ianbakar.com || Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 At one point, I even recall the unis being posted on here. Not bad, but the color scheme made me wonder if Vikings ownership would've pulled an Al Davis. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL FANATIC Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 The bid was for the 1995 season, though I'm sure it probably started around '93.The logos are pretty bad, but I have always liked the wordmark a little bit, and kind of think the Rams original St. Louis wordmark logo (Rams under the Arch) was based off of it.The uniforms IMO weren't too great. I think they had purple sleeves with three gold slashes on them. Numbers overlapped the slashes.Vikings probably wouldn't have gotten too upset because the Stallions scheme had metallic gold, not yellow. JUSTIN STRIEBEL | PORTFOLIO | RESUME | CONTACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Thank god Baltimore and St. Louis didn't get those expansion teams. Of course. They got relocated teams and Super Bowl champions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 im in fourth grade. bastard. Explains your drinking abilities. Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjpskillz34 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Baltimore BombersSt Louis StallionsHere's the helmets... Please bring me some defense this offseason!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaftDu Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Baltimore BombersSt Louis StallionsHere's the helmets... can't see themthough I always wonder if they had an actual jersey or unis out there. Heck, I know Jags had their Beta Unis on. And I recall seeing some picture with the blue version of the Panthers before they went black.that would be cool if anyone had a pic of those failed expansion pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigEd76 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Baltimore BombersSt Louis StallionsHere's the helmets... can't see them Copy-and-paste the links into a new browser. You can't click directly on them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT44 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Baltimore BombersSt Louis StallionsHere's the helmets... can't see them Left click the link and drag up to the address bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wman Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 What about the Memphis Hound Dogs? That was the proposed name of the Memphis NFL team (pre Titans). Anyone got any pics on what they proposed?? Bring back the Whale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterE Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 What about the Memphis Hound Dogs? That was the proposed name of the Memphis NFL team (pre Titans). Anyone got any pics on what they proposed??Our bitter rivals, Logoserver, has some. http://www.logoserver.com/NFL.html Get Ron Santo in the Hall of Fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleaster Posted December 27, 2005 Author Share Posted December 27, 2005 Wow, thanks a lot for the info. I didn't realize that the NFL marketed merchandise for franchises that were not yet awarded. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 What about the Memphis Hound Dogs? That was the proposed name of the Memphis NFL team (pre Titans). Anyone got any pics on what they proposed??Our bitter rivals, Logoserver, has some. http://www.logoserver.com/NFL.html haha!!!! they have nitro's logo as listed as a Cardinals logo thats too good On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL FANATIC Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Wow, thanks a lot for the info. I didn't realize that the NFL marketed merchandise for franchises that were not yet awarded. Thanks again. More likely the groups trying to get the franchises (the would-be owners mostly) marketed the merchendise in an attempt to create hype and fanfare.I can't gurantee it, but I doubt the NFL would have endorsed a product that was not yet theirs. JUSTIN STRIEBEL | PORTFOLIO | RESUME | CONTACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Google image search turned up these:These are also cool:Looks like people are making the helmets that are on the Helmets Helmets Helmets site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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