Introducing the Indiana Victors

 Introducing the Indiana Victors

The first of the two new expansion teams to release their logo and uniforms was Indianapolis. Owner Sammy Kirkdale held a press conference to showcase them. 

Kirkdale’s family has been heavily involved in the military. His father fought in WW1 and his younger brother was in WW2 more recently. Unfortunately, his brother did not return from WW2. Sammy has honoured his brother as well as his father and extended family with efforts in the city of Indianapolis to help veterans as well as always carry on their legacy. The Soldiers & Sailors Monument in the city’s centre has always been a symbol to him and the state. The inscription at the monument reads “To Indiana’s Silent Victors”. The inscription became the inspiration for Kirkdale’s new team. Victors would be the name, but Indiana had to be the location. The monument represents the state, the Victors will too.  

From there the design process began. After several months the team came to a shield logo with “Victors” on a diagonal sash, with the silhouette of the Monument’s Victory Statue. Three orange stripes fill out the left side of the logo. The colours were picked mainly for the purpose of being unique among the 8 established teams. Green and orange do this well especially the shades of which the Green is more vibrant than that of Boston and the Orange has a hint more red than the Tigers’. 

The uniforms feature 3 stripes on the sleeves, with 2 thinner stripes outlining each of them. The pants continue the 3 stripe pattern without the thinner stripes, while the socks and helmet have the same style of stripe as the sleeve. They are the first team to include numbers on their helmets.  

Shoutout to QCS for suggesting the Indiana Victors, and I loved the name from the moment I saw it! Also, thanks to Darknes and Scratch with help in the designing process. 

There were a few solid names, but I really wanted to go outside the box with these teams and this was a perfect idea. Very unique, though a little tougher to come up with a cool identity, but a challenge I enjoyed.

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