World Football League Icons (v4) by Daniel M. Smith (dsmith4@bayou.uh.edu)

Welcome to my icon set for the World 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 was founded by Gary Davidson and played 2 seasons (well, almost
2...) during the years 1974 and 1975.  A lack of money led to the league
folding prior to the completion of the 1975 season.  If you want more info
on the WFL, visit the league on the web at (and tell Rob I said HI!):
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/5145/wfl.html

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

wfl.txt - You're reading it
ambassad.ico - Virginia Ambassadors.  Though they never played a game, they 
	did design a helmet.  A 'v'inside a football.
american.ico - Birmingham Americans.  A nifty 'A' with a star in it.  Pretty
	cool.  Used in 74.
bell.ico - Philadelphia Bell.  Wow.  A bell.  Very imaginative.  Used in 74-75.
blazers.ico - Florida Blazers.  A circle with a white ball (a meteor?) with 
	trailing red lines.  To be honest, I'm not sure what it is supposed 
	to be.  Used in 74.
charstar.ico - Charlotte Stars.  Interesting story on this one.  When the New
	York Stars moved to Charlotte, they could no longer use their old
	helmets, but the move had been so sudden they had no time to get new
	ones.  So, the equipment manager went out and bought a bunch of Chicago
	Bear 'C's, cut the ends off of them, and stuck them over the star on 
	the helmet (check out the nystars.ico file to see what I'm talking 
	about).  If you ask me, that was some pretty fast thinking.  Only 
	worn for 1 game in 74.
express.ico - Jacksonville Express.  This one was a hard one to nail down 
	It is basically a train on top of the word 'EXPRESS' inside a football.  
	Used in 75.
fire.ico - Chicago Fire.  This is the one of the group I like the least.  Not
	the actual helmet, but my version of it.  I could just never get this
	one to look right when I tried to put in the white border that is
	supposed to be inside the flame.  But, you get the idea.  Used in 74.
hawaiian.ico - Honolulu Hawaiians.  The head of a traditional islander.  Used
	in 74-75.
hornets.ico - Charlotte Hornets.  A hornet.  Used in 74-75.
nystars.ico - New York Stars.  A star with 'NY' inside it.  Used in 74.
prehornt.ico - Charlotte Hornets.  An early design for the Hornets; taken from
	their 74 pennant.  Never actually worn during a game.
sharks.ico - Jacksonville Sharks.  A shark.  Used in 74.
southgri.ico - Memphis Southmen.  Yes, it is supposed to be a bear.  You are
	looking at it head on.  Long story about why there is a bear on the
	helmet.  Don't ask.  Used in 74-75.
steamer.ico - Schreveport Steamer.  Though it is hard to tell, that is actually
	a boat on the water with steam billowing out, all inside a football.
	Don't try to see it in the icon, just trust me on this one.  Used in
	74-75.
storm.ico - Portland Storm.  I'm guessing that is supposed to be a fancy 
	schmancy hurricane on there.  Used in 74.
sun.ico - Southern California Sun.  It's a...guess what...that's right, a sun.
	Used in 74-75.
texans.ico - Houston Texans.  A state of Texas with an 'h' where Houston is.
	Not really the most imaginative of team names (they stole it from the
	AFL who had the Dallas Texans) or helmets (again, check out the AFL
	Texans), but it is a cool color scheme (I guess).  Used in 74.
thunder.ico - Portland Thunder.  The fancy schmancy hurricane didn't go over
	very well I guess.  A 'T' with a lightning bolt bottom inside a football.
	Used in 75.
vulcans.ico - Birmingham Vulcans.  I love the name of this team, which refers
	to the Roman God of fire and craftsmanship.  A 'V' with a football in
	the center and a flame coming off the top.  Used in 75.
washamb.ico - Washington Ambassadors.  Originally, the team was to be based in
	Washington D. C. with this as their helmet.  It is a 'W' overlaying
	the capital building inside a football.  Don't bother trying to find 
	the capital building, you'll never make it out, but it is there.  
	Team never played with this helmet and eventually moved to Virgina.  
	Where they again never played a game.  Finally began play as the 
	Florida Blazers.  Only two actual helmets with this logo are known.
wfl.ico - The World Football League logo.  Basically a football with blue 
	lines on the side (but without the words "World Football League" on 
	the bottom as in the original logo.  Those words were too hard to fit
	in the icon so I left them out)
wheels.ico - Detroit Wheels.  Obviously named after the auto industry in Detroit,
	they really blew it on the helmet.  A 'W' inside a tire inside a 'd'.
	Used in 74.
wind.ico - Chicago Wind.  A 'W' overlaying a football.  Used in 75.
wind2.ico - Chicago Wind.  Before they created the 'official' helmet, several
	players fashioned a logo from some athletic tape put on in the shape
	of a 'W'.  Pretty clever, I think.  I'm not really sure what color the
	'W' really was, I'm guessing green because that was the teams color.
	If you know for sure, please let me know.  Used in 75.
wings.ico - San Antonio Wings.  An odd helmet, it is actually a set of wings
	which flow backward from the front of the helmet.  Imaginative, but
	hard to draw as an icon.  Used in 75.

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
American 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.

You will note that there are several helmets (three to be exact) that were 
never actually worn in any game.  But, I figured if they took the time to come
up with the logos, I could take the time to draw them up (actually, I got 
bored one night and decided to kill some time by drawing them...).  I usually
don't put helmets that weren't actually worn in any game, pre or regular
season, in my sets, but rules are made to be broken, right?

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!

Rob Zwarun (the radical Canadian) who runs the WFL homepage where most of my
	info on the WFL, and most of the helmet logos, comes from.
Bruce Richards who supplied me with the description of the Express helmet.
John Meyer who has helped me not only with the WFL, 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!
Keith (didn't catch his last name) who sent me logos of the Steamer, Wings and
	Hornets.
John Fulgaro, publisher of the Sports Logo Guide.  If you are interested in 
	logos at all, this is a must have resource.
Jim Cusano who cleared up the Memphis Southmen/Grizzlie debate.
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!