Logos and uniforms of the Kansas City Chiefs Logos and uniforms of the Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs, a professional American football franchise from the National Football League, are known for their unique "KC" arrowhead logo and red and white uniforms—both almost unchanged since the franchise's relocation in 1963. From 1960 to 1962, the team was known as the Dallas Texans and had very similar team logos and uniforms. When the Texans began playing in 1960, the team's logo consisted of the state of Texas in white with a yellow star marking the location of the city of Dallas. Originally, Hunt chose Columbia Blue and Orange
History of the Kansas City Chiefs name-the-team contest. Lamar Hunt sent letters dated June 21, 1963 to all the contest entrants who selected the name CHIEFS in the "Rename the Texans" contest of whom Mrs. Joan Feuerborn was one of those entrants, and along with their respective guesses as to the number of season tickets sold by May 1. The actual total was 10,808, and based on this the car winner was Mr. E. L. Diemler of Kansas City, Missouri. Another name also considered at the time for the team was the Kansas City Mules. The name, "Chiefs" is not only derived from a fan contest,