The Washington Football Team of today began as an expansion team in 1932 as the Boston Braves with completely different colors. This was also in the era of leather helmets without face masks.
Today the team struggles with an identity crisis, because the term Redskins is deemed offensive to Native Americans. The issue with the name is nothing new. The fact that the ownership has taken action and implemented a change is. We won’t know for some time what the former Washington Redskins will become. It has been stated that the new name The Washington Football Team is a temporary one until they decide on new mascot logos and emblems to represent the franchise. I for one would like them to stay true to their origin and call themselves the Braves once again.
The team has used variations of this logo since 1972
The team used this logo on their helmets for the 1970 -1971 seasons
The team used this logo on their helmets from on their helmets from 1965 - 1969
In the years prior to 1969 they had a few different images of a native american as logos but none were ever used on their helmets. From their earliest incarnation of being the Boston Braves in 1932 to becoming the Washington Redskins through 1957 their helmets were without logos. From 1958 - 1964 their helmets featured a feather.
Pro Football Reference
Washington Redskins Franchise Encyclopedia
Official Sites
For more information about this team's uniforms and colors over the years then please visit this site below. You can also see the uniforms and colors of every team now playing in the NFL and even the teams that are now defunct.
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