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Originally Posted by mbyron
Trivia alert!
The MLB logo features the profile of Harmon Killebrew.
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That's a myth. The logo was designed in the 60's by Jerry Dior and nobody has ever specifically been identified by MLB or Dior as a model.
Dior claims he had no model and the silhouette was of no one in particular. Look here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122453063968851133.html
The NBA silhouette logo was created to look like this one and that one was modeled after a player -- Jerry West.