Real Mascots: AFC West

Part 8 of 8. A note on the Chiefs. I knew the story but I researched to make sure. The official statement is that there was a fan contest to name the team. 42 people submitted Chiefs. Lamar Hunt was considering Chiefs and Mules. Lamar was good friends with the Mayor of KC, who had the nickname The Chief.

There's no way to know what those 42 people were imagining when they submitted Chiefs. Lamar allegedly was thinking of his good friend the mayor. But that could be a modern PC revisionist history to make it seem like it's not offensive.

Of course, the logo and name of the stadium came later once Chiefs was already established, so it's not evidence that the team was named after Native Americans. This one could have gone either way, so I'm giving the benefit of the doubt to Lamar Hunt's official statement.

Real Mascots: NFC West

Time for the thrilling conclusions to this series. Sorry for the delay. I got my new job the week after part 6 went up. And I've been a little busy.

Real Mascots: AFC South

Real Mascots: NFC South

[Hoagie Central makes no statement regarding the sainthood and sanctity of the man pictured.]

Real Mascots: AFC East

Real Mascots: NFC East

Installment #3. Finding a photographed approximation of a fictional being proved difficult, but I figured the tallest man in the world was the best I could do. Also, I researched that Washington's team name was based on a coach that claimed Sioux ancestry, so the picture represented here is a Sioux.

Real Mascots: AFC North

Back by popular demand (not really) here's installment #2.

Real Mascots: NFC North

This is the first installment of a new project. I think it would be fun to do all 32 NFL teams and possibly other sports, but finding good pictures for every team is hard. (Green Bay was almost impossible.)