Kansas City Chiefs
The interlocked initials “KC” are in red with a black drop shadow on a white arrowhead trimmed in black. Slightly changed the letter C. The Chiefs logo is an arrowhead design originally sketched by Lamar Hunt on a napkin on a flight from Dallas to Kansas City. Hunt’s sketches on a napkin began with an interlocking “KC” inside a circle or an oval. Hunt inspired the interlocking “KC” design with the “SF” inside of an oval on the San Francisco 49ers helmets. Unlike the 49ers’ logo, Kansas City’s overlapping initials appear inside a white arrowhead instead of an oval, surrounded by a thick, chipped-looking black border.
Kansas City Chiefs
1970 - 1972
The interlocked initials "KC" are in red with a black drop shadow on a white arrowhead trimmed in black.
Same logo as the previous Chiefs logo as they are now in the NFL and not the AFL.
Kansas City Chiefs
1969 - 1970
A interlocked initials "KC" in red with black drop shadow on a white arrowhead trimmed in black.
Kansas City Chiefs
1967 - 1969
A red helmet facing to the right with a two-bar face-mask and chin strap and their familiar arrowhead KC logo on the side in white.
Kansas City Chiefs
1963 - 1967
When the franchise moved to Kansas City in 1963, Bob Taylor was commissioned to produce a new logo that remained strikingly similar to his original incarnation.
Taylor’s new rendition featured a Native American figure running with the same stride and holding the pigskin in the same manner as the gunslinger and a red tomahawk with the states in red with black outline of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa and Arkansas serving as his backdrop.
Dallas Texans
1960 - 1962
The American Football League’s Dallas Texans in 1960, featured a polished football toting gunslinger set over the state of Texas in red.
The gunslinger is wearing cowboy boots and hat carrying a football and a gun. A design created by Bob Taylor, a cartoonist for the now defunct Dallas Times Herald.
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The Evolution and Legacy of the Kansas City Chiefs Logo
The Kansas City Chiefs logo has remained mostly unchanged since the team relocated from Dallas in 1963. Designed by team founder Lamar Hunt, the logo’s arrowhead shape pays tribute to Native American culture. While it’s one of the few logos that hasn't seen dramatic changes, the full Kansas City Chiefs logo history reveals subtle refinements over the years. You can also explore variations on our Kansas City Chiefs alternate logo page.
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