The History and Evolution of the Golden State Warriors Logo

The History and Evolution of the Golden State Warriors Logo

On July 17, 2010, the Golden States Warriors unveiled a new logo which they have been using to date. The team has consistently used California Golden yellow and Warriors Royal Blue in their logos, and the current one came after 18 months of collaborating with Adidas and NBA. So, let's take a look at how the Warriors logo has evolved since its establishment.

First logo

The Golden States Warriors' history dates back to 1946 when they were founded in Philadelphia and thus adopted the name Philadelphia Warriors. They began using their first logo in 1947; it was a cartoon figure of a Native American drawn in blue color.

On his head, he had a yellow feather whose tip was also blue. The basketball he was dribbling was yellow and beneath it were three blue lines. Across the image was the wordmark "Warriors" in yellow.

Philadelphia Warriors

In 1952 the Philadelphia Warriors changed their logo to have their name in the logo. They retained the cartoon Native American dribbling the basketball, but in this one, they did away with the yellow color since everything was in blue. The wordmark "Philadelphia Warriors" was scripted across the image such that "PHILADELPHIA" was in a banner derived from the "W" in "Warriors."

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