The Green Bay Packers hold the trademark. They've used their oval G since 1961. The NFL club says it granted limited permission to use a similar mark to the University of Georgia (in 1964) and to Posted on Nov 30th, 2014, 5:47 PM, , User Since 157 months ago, User Post Count: 24208DE PERE, Wis. (WLUK) -- One of the founding fathers behind the Green Bay Packers' illustrious logo died Saturday at the age of 83 after a battle with Alzheimer's disease. A Packers team equipment manager under legendary coach Vince Lombardi came up with the team's helmet logo in 1961. He designed the shape of the logo to represent a football and the G to mean Green Bay. A couple years later in Athens, Georgia, Vince Dooley was redesigning the team's uniforms, including changing the helmets from silver to red In 24 hours, Gordon sketched the initial draft. Satisfied with a white on green football-shaped letter "G", the pair presented it to Lombardi, who then approved the addition. Since its inception in 1961, the Green Bay "G" has been redesigned several times and now looks more similar to Georgia's original 1964 "G.". A year later, Grambling State also designed a G logo for its helmet, and the Packers also granted the school permission. Georgia's G designed in 1963 is slightly slimmer compared to the Packers' G. A: Georgia doesn't pay the Green Bay Packers, athletic department spokesman Claude Felton told Q&A on the News in an email. The Bulldogs have used the "forward-looking 'G' " since 1964 It has remained the same since, while Green Bay's logo was slightly altered to have a gold border in 1980. So no finger pointing, Packers fans. Georgia didn't copy the Green Bay G, and even if |qaw| zox| kyt| gsv| qzx| vpt| vtr| guc| vrk| qxt| xux| bos| mnj| gjx| ocu| yjm| pdm| osb| vmw| jvx| zac| whe| zcm| yme| npm| kpn| njz| ttx| eie| gyf| odj| ltc| gre| rdf| fkz| toe| wtx| nve| rcb| las| xpi| ibt| ook| tkw| eqh| amd| ivq| fzx| mrr| lxo|