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The original incarnation of Chief Wahoo, used from 1946 to 1950 [1] In 1947, Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck hired the J.F. Novak Company, designers of patches worn by the Cleveland police and fire departments, to create a new logo for his team. Seventeen-year-old draftsman Walter Goldbach, an employee of the Novak Company, was asked to ...
When the Cleveland Indians played in the 1997 World Series, protesters demonstrated against the team's use of the Chief Wahoo mascot. When American Indian activist Vernon Bellecourt burned an effigy of Chief Wahoo, police arrested him and ordered others to leave. Later, the police arrested two other protesters who had moved to another part of ...
The Indians were only one game behind the division-leading Chicago White Sox on August 12 when a players strike wiped out the rest of the season. The strike also led to an absurdity: The Minnesota Twins traded Dave Winfield to the Cleveland Indians at the trade waiver deadline on August 31 for a "player to be named later". The 1994 season had ...
In 1934, New Era began producing caps for the Cleveland Indians, which became their first Major League Baseball (MLB) contract. In 1954, the company's fitted pro cap was modernized, redesigned, and named the 59Fifty , aka the "Brooklyn Style" cap, by Harold Koch, who introduced many design improvements and innovations while head of New Era. [ 2 ]
Baseball’s longstanding Cleveland Indians franchise announced Friday it would drop the name by which it has been known for decades and adopt the new moniker, Guardians, making it the latest big ...
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