American Football League Icons (v3) by Daniel M. Smith (dsmith4@bayou.uh.edu)

Welcome to my icon set for the American Football League.  All of these icons 
were drawn by me and me alone, though I owe thanks to many people who helped 
me compile the info (see below).

For those of you unfamiliar with the league, here is a little background:

The league played as a rival league to the NFL from 1960 until 1969, when several
AFL teams joined the NFL.  After being taken apart in the first two Super
Bowls by the NFL champ, the AFL got redemption when the Jets shocked the Colts
in Super Bowl 3.  For more info on the AFL, visit them on the web at:
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/5145/aflx.html

NOTE:  This helmet icon set only contains the helmets wore by the teams of
the AFL from 1960-1969.  Helmets of teams after 1969 that continued play in
the NFL can be found in the NFL helmet set.

Here is a list of the files that you should now have, and a brief description
of each:

afl.txt - you are reading it.
afl.ico - Logo of the American Football League.
bengals.ico - Cincinnati Bengals.  Black word 'BENGALS' on an orange helmet.
	Used 68-69.
bills1.ico - Buffalo Bills.  A silver helmet.  Used in 60.
bills2.ico - Buffalo Bills.  Blue numbers on a silver helmet.  Used 61-64
	(I think).
bills3.ico - Buffalo Bills.  Red buffalo on a white helmet.  Used in 65-69.
boston.ico - Boston Partiots.  The hat of soldier from the Revolutionary War,
	with numbers.  Used only during the first half of the 60 season.
broncos1.ico - Denver Broncos.  Brown helmet with white numbers.  Used 60-61.
broncos2.ico - Denver Broncos.  Brown cartoon bucking bronco on an orange 
	helmet.  Used in 62.
broncos3.ico - Denver Broncos.  White cartoon bucking bronco on an orange
	helmet.  Used 63-66.
broncos4.ico - Denver Broncos.  A dark blue helmet.  Used in 67.
broncos5.ico - Denver Broncos.  A 'D' with a bronco in the center.  Used 67-69.
charger1.ico - Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers.  Yellow bolt over black numbers
	on a white helmet.  Used 60-61.  Played in LA in 60, then moved to SD.
charger2.ico - San Diego Chargers.  Same as above, but without the numbers.
	Used 62-69.
chiefs.ico - Kansas City Chiefs.  White arrowhead with red 'KC' inside.  Used
	63-69.
dolphins.ico - Miami Dolphins.  Dolphin wearing a helmet jumping through a 
	circle.  Used 66-69.
jets1.ico - New York Jets.  An airplane with the word 'JETS' on it.  Used in
	63.
jets2.ico - New York Jets.  Word 'JETS' in a green oval.  Used in 64.
jets3.ico - New York Jets.  Word 'JETS' on 'NY' inside a green football.  Used
	65-69.
oiler1.ico - Houston Oilers.  A white oil derrick on a blue helmet.  Used 60-63.
oiler2.ico - Houston Oilers.  Same as above, but with stripes added.  Used 64-65.
oiler3.ico - Houston Oilers.  A white oil derrick on a silver helmet.  Used 66-67.
oiler4.ico - Houston Oilers.  A blue oil derrick outlined in red on a silver
	helmet.  Used 68-69.
patriot.ico - Boston Partiots.  A revolutionary war soldier getting ready to
	hike a football.  Used for the second half of the 60 season through 69.
raiders1.ico - Oakland Raiders.  A black helmet.  Just a black helmet.  No logo.
	Nothing but a black helmet.  Used in 60.
raiders2.ico - Oakland Raiders.  White shield containing the Raider head and
	swords.  Used in 61-63.
raiders3.ico - Oakland Raiders.  The black shield with the Raider head and
	swords.  They changed to this when Al Davis took over the team.  Used
	in 64-69.
texans.ico - Dallas Texans.  The state of Texas with a star at Dallas.  Used 
	in 60-62.
titans.ico - New York Titans.  Just a dark blue helmet.  I think.  I'm not
	sure.  If anyone knows for certain, please let me know.  Used in 60-62.

And now a quick note on how these icons were created.  They were drawn with
Windows Paintbrush and converted into icons using The Icon Librarian.  Since
I wanted everyone to be able to use them, I only used 16 colors.  This allows
everyone running early versions of Windows to put them on their desktop.  This 
is why orange helmets appear the way they do.  I had to use a mix of red and
yellow.  Not the greatest of results, but you get the idea.  You are free to 
use these icons on your computer, and to share them with friends, all I
ask is that you give me credit for having spent the many hours to create them.

If you are wondering about white facemasks and stripes, here is the deal.  To
avoid having to come up with background colors for every icon, I've made all
white facemasks and white outer stripes light gray.  This allows me to treat
them the same way I treat all other colors.  I don't feel it takes too much
away from the helmets, but if you disagree, let me hear from you.   

Along with the AFL, I also have icon sets available for the following leagues:

National Football League
United States Football League
Canadian Football League
World Football League
World League of American Football
Arena Football League
All-American Football Conference
Professional Spring Football League (conjectural helmets)
Professional Indoor Footbal League
College Divisions
Fantasy Leagues
Custom Helmets

Check out my web site at http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Bleachers/4595/
to see which of these are currently available.

Also, if you have any requests for helmets to be made into icons, just let me
know and I'll try to put it together for you.

I would like to say thanks to the following people for their help in putting
these icons together.  I could never have done it without them!

John Meyer who has helped me not only with the AFL, but with all leagues.  I
	ask him question after question after question and he never tires of
	it.  I owe him more thanks than I will ever be able to express!
John Fulgaro, publisher of the Sports Logo Guide.  If you are interested in 
	logos at all, this is a must have resource.
Sorry if I have left anyone out!

Hope you enjoy my icons, and let me know what you think of them!  I love to
get feedback on my work!