re: Check out the World Football League in 1974

--full disclosure-- big WFL geek--

OP graphic is showing ALL teams that played the 1st season; four helmets represent only two franchises.

The first is the Houston Texans/Shreveport Steamer (not "Steamers" - singular, not plural. The league had a lot of singular names: Steamer, Bell, Fire, Sun, Storm, Thunder, Express). That situation of the mid-season move was well-presented by earlier posters.

The other is the Charlotte Hornets, who started the season as the New York Stars (helmet right above Charlotte). They drew so poorly playing in a high school stadium on Randall's Island (think Tad Gormley in New Orleans), they moved to Charlotte DURING THE SEASON.

At first they were the "Charlotte Stars"; the equipment manager got some Chicago Bears "C" logos for cheap, cut off the wishbone tip and the two edges of the "C" with an X-acto knife and slapped them over the cut-out "N-Y" portion of the star logo:


Before the season's end, they officially changed their name to the Hornets, got rid of the star decals, and used a basic block/generic "C" for the rest of the season, as shown in the graphic.

The following year, they had their own new logo for the helmet (which switched to yellow/gold) and slight uni changes:


Kinda like that look. But the New York Stars were also neat because their home "dark" jerseys were actually gold/yellow, and they wore black pants full time: