No one. James Sherman was a comic book artist who created the logo in 69′, it wasn’t based on any particular player. The NBA liked it and designed their logo off of the silhouette of Jerry West.
(Common Folklore suggests that the silhouette of Harmon Killebrew swinging a bat is the official logo of Major League Baseball. However, MLB.com states the following: "The MLB logo: No one player has ever been identified as the model of the 1969 Major League Baseball batter logo". )
Good question, I really don’t know who it is, but it just may be made-up. I know for a fact that the person that represents the NBA logo is Jerry West.
Just another also ran in The Yahoo avatar silhouette contest.
No one. James Sherman was a comic book artist who created the logo in 69′, it wasn’t based on any particular player. The NBA liked it and designed their logo off of the silhouette of Jerry West.
I’ve heard it was Harmon Killebrew.
(Common Folklore suggests that the silhouette of Harmon Killebrew swinging a bat is the official logo of Major League Baseball. However, MLB.com states the following: "The MLB logo: No one player has ever been identified as the model of the 1969 Major League Baseball batter logo". )
Good question, I really don’t know who it is, but it just may be made-up. I know for a fact that the person that represents the NBA logo is Jerry West.