Oakland Athletics logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG
- Download PNG Oakland Athletics Logo PNG For most of its history, the logo of the professional baseball team Oakland Athletics has been based on one of the two motifs: an elephant or a capital “A.” The “A” insignia, in one form or another, has been used as the primary Oakland A’s logo since 1968.
- Meaning and history The Oakland Athletics visual identity is a derivative from the logos of Philadelphia Athletics, established in 1901, and Kansas City Athletics, which appeared in 1955, after the club’s relocation.
- 1901 The very first logo, created for Philadelphia Athletics, boasted a bold blue letter “A” in a traditional serif typeface with smooth angles and thick lines.
- 1902 — 1919 The redesign of 1902 made the “A” more classy and elegant, arching it right bar and elongation its tails, curving the upper one to the left, and the bottom — upright.
- The serif of the left bar was also emboldened and wavy.
- 1920 In 1929 the blue “A” gets an additional emblem — a solid blue elephants’ silhouette, drawn amateurish yet fun.
- The animal was facing to the left and drawn walking.
- The color palette remained the same and the elegant blue “A” was still in use by the club.
- 1924 — 1927 In 1924 the color palette of the graphical emblem was switched to monochrome, though the “A” was still executed in blue and placed whether in a pale blue or white background.
- 1928 — 1930 For two years starting in 1928 the Athletics were not using an elephant emblem and made the blue elegant letter their main logo.
- The animal was now drawn in a modern and confident style, having it’s blue contour thick and distinct.
- 1955 — 1962 In 1955 the club relocated to Kansas City, and the name change is followed by the visual identity redesign.
- The contours of the previous emblem were slightly modified and the elegant got colored red, while the white ball got its stitches in black.
- 1963 — 1967 The redesign of 1963 completely changed the Athletics visual identity, removing the elephant and switching the color palette to green and yellow.
- Despite the name change, the club decided to keep the color palette of the previous version, placing a smooth and sleek green “A’s” on a yellow baseball.
- The letter was now drawn in yellow and outlined in green and had the “Oakland Athletics” in all capitals written around the circular green frame of the badge.
- 1993 — Today With the redesign of 1993 green becomes the main color of the Athletics’ logo.
- Color The three colors of the Oakland Athletics logo are Kelly green, yellow, and white.
- The combination of green and yellow was chosen by the team’s infamous owner Charlie Finley in 1963 instead of the standard for this kind of sport blue-and-red combination used before.
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