However, instead of using a cowboy, his new design had a Native American running with a football while wielding a tomahawk, with Iowa, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Nebraska providing the background. When the Chiefs shifted to Kansas City, Bob Taylor was actually contracted to design a fresh logo that resembled his original creation for the Dallas Texans.

Interestingly enough, Hunt was inspired by the ellipse-shaped design on the helmet of the 49ers. In 1972, the Chiefs uniform stayed almost the same except for a new helmet emblem, which had an interlocking “KC” within a white arrowhead inside a thick black outline. The two settled on the name Kansas City Chiefs over other alternatives like the Stars, Mules, and Royals in tribute to Harold Roe Bartle, the then-mayor of Kansas, who was affectionately known as “The Chief” after having served as a Boy Scouts executive for many years. At first, Hunt considered retaining the Dallas Texans name, but Jack Steadman, the team’s general manager, convinced him otherwise. In 1963, Dallas Texans relocated to a new home in Kansas City, Missouri.

It was designed by renowned cartoonist Bob Taylor.ĭallas Texans founder Lamar Hunt wanted the team’s color scheme to have orange, and Columbia blue, but instead chose gold and red after the Houston Oilers owner picked the orange and Columbia blue color scheme. Established as the Dallas Texans in 1960, the Kansas City Chiefs logo had a cowboy running with a gun in hand and a red Texas map in the background.

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