Patriots' throwback logo, a winning look, the work of Phil Bissell, one-time T&G cartoonist
New England Patriots fans liked what they saw Sunday, when the rookie-led team took care of the Detroit Lions, 29-0.
Another welcomed sight was the old-school logo at midfield and on the players' helmets. The logo depicted the iconic Pat Patriot.
It was a one-time cartoonist for the Worcester Telegram and Evening Gazette, Phil Bissell, who created the logo. Bissell was a sports and editorial cartoonist for the affiliated papers from 1967 to 1975.
It was years earlier, while he was working for the Boston Globe, that Bissell came up with the logo, with the player in a tricorne hat.
In 1960, then working for $25 a day, Bissell was given an assignment to capture the then Boston Patriots, according to sportslogos.net. He came up with a unique image that was synonymous with the team for three decades.
The team stopped using the logo after the 1992 season, opting for the modern "Flying Elvis" artwork.
Sunday marked the first time in a decade that the team went with the throwback look.
This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: Patriots' throwback logo the work of Phil Bissell, T&G cartoonist
