Cleveland Cavaliers Primary Logo
Cleveland Cavaliers primary logo in use from 1971-1983
A gold muskateer on a red basketball with his sword drawn with team name
Logo added to sportslogos.net's Cleveland Cavaliers page on October 29, 2005. Updated on January 7, 2009.
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Best logo the Cavs have had.
This IS the actual representation of the logo (Gold ball, Wine lettering, etc.), but the actual colors are completely wrong. The official colors (according to official NBA Style Guide documentation from 1976-1978) were a much more "pinkish" Wine, and a much more "dirty" Gold. Honestly, the more modern interpretation (used in the Hardwood Classics throwbacks) are much nicer looking.
It's not a musketeer, it's a cavalier.
Hmm never seen this one before. It's actually cool. I like it.
This is apparently the right logo. Wine is the dominant color on the lettering and the cavalier, gold is the dominant color on the ball and trim. You can see them at the old Richfield Coliseum floor circa 1976.