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Old Tue Jun 23, 2009, 12:15pm
Kevin Finnerty Kevin Finnerty is offline
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Originally Posted by RichMSN View Post
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:

The Man Behind the MLB Logo - WSJ.com

The NBA silhouette logo was created to look like this one and that one was modeled after a player -- Jerry West.
It's funny how easily some are led to believe what they believe.

Last edited by Kevin Finnerty; Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 12:17pm.
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