The first football helmet logo was the “wishbone C” adorning the back of the University of Chicago’s helmets in 1921 and 1922. (Link below) A handful of schools etched small logos into the front of their winged helmets in the early 1930s. As far as I can tell, however, the first team to place a full word on their helmets was the 1941 Florida Gators.
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