NFL News: Joe Theismann talks about the heritage of the Redskins, hopes that the commanders will honor it

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Washington commanders will eventually end up in the national capital and play on the old RFK stadium site in a cutting edge stadium.

One of the keys to winning the support of federal legislators in the construction of the stadium, there were “good faith negotiations” concerning the honor of the inheritance of the franchise as Redskins and the Amerindian family which created the original logo that the team used for decades before changing its name.

Senator Steve Daines, R-Mont., Said in November on “America Reports” by PK Press Club Channel.

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Washington Redskins, Joe Theismann, n ° 7, in action against Dallas Cowboys in Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas, December 9, 1984. (Manny Rubio-Usa today Sports)

While the owner of the commanding team, Josh Harris, clearly said that the nickname of commanders is there to stay, the champion of the Super Bowl Joe Theismann expressed his optimism that the franchise will find a way to honor the logo and the family behind.

“I think that Josh Harris and his group are certainly well aware of what the Redskins were – being obviously a big fan growing up in this area, it is a dream come true, I am sure that for him and some of the people who are part of the ownership group,” Theismann told PK Press Club Digital. “In a way, a form or a form, they will honor it.

“I do not know if people realize, but the Redskin logo which was on our helmets was designed by an Amerindian, and it would be a great honor to be able to continue to honor the Amerindians and the tribes that are part of it. Hairstyle.

Washington Redskins, Joe Theismann, n ° 7, in action against Miami dolphins at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC, December 3, 1978. (Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY SPORTS)

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Theismann was categorical that the new faces of the franchise should establish their own path in the long term while commanders and the Redskins of his time established theirs.

“That this group of guys called on commanders establishing their own inheritance,” he said. “We had one, now it’s their turn to establish theirs.”

Blackie Wetzel was recognized for having created the portrait of John Two Guns White Calf in 1971, that the Washington Redskins used in 1972, PK Press Club Digital reported. The descendants of two white veal cannons also asked that the image be back in the NFL.

Theismann spoke at PK Press Club Digital before his appearance at the Golf Tournament in the American Century championship at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Club.

The chief of the black feet John Two Guns White Veau, on the left, which served as inspiration for the Washington Redskins logo, which represented the NFL franchise on the field from 1972 to 2020. The original logo of the franchise of its foundation in 1932 was inspired by Lenni Lenape Chief Tammany, doubled ” The Generation that awards the American Saint of the Founding Fathers and the Generation of the American Revolution. (Getty Images)

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