Editing New England Patriots (section)

===Primary logos===
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File:New England Patriots logo old.svg|{{center|The Patriots' primary logo used in the Sullivan era from 1961 to 1992, known as "[[Pat Patriot]]". Today, it is kept as a secondary logo, complementing the modern logo, the "Flying Elvis"}}
File:New England Patriots logo.svg|{{center|The Patriots' primary logo used since 1993, known as the "Flying Elvis". The only alteration since 1993 was the blue being darkened in 2000}}
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[[File:Pro Football Hall of Fame (38809410831).jpg|thumb|upright|The Patriots' helmet since 2000 (displayed at the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]])]]

The Patriots original helmet logo was a simple [[tricorne]] hat, used only for the 1960 season. From 1961 to 1992, the Patriots used a logo of a [[minuteman|Revolutionary War minuteman]] hiking a football. The Patriots [[wordmark]] logo during this time consisted of a western-style font. The minuteman logo became known as the "[[Pat Patriot]]" logo, which later became the name of the team's mascot.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fiske|first=Angelique|title=Patriots Hall of Fame history lesson: Evolution of the logo, uniform and name|url=https://www.patriots.com/news/patriots-hall-of-fame-history-lesson-evolution-of-the-logo-uniform-and-name|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=Patriots.com|date=February 21, 2020|access-date=June 1, 2020|archive-date=April 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408132145/https://www.patriots.com/news/patriots-hall-of-fame-history-lesson-evolution-of-the-logo-uniform-and-name|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="NESN"/>

In 1979, the Patriots worked with [[National Football League Properties|NFL Properties]] to design a new, streamlined logo, to replace the complex Pat Patriot logo. The new logo featured the blue and white profile of a minuteman in a tricorne hat set against a flag showing three red stripes separated by two white stripes. Team owner Billy Sullivan decided to put the new logo up to a vote against Pat Patriot with the fans at the September 23 home game against the [[Los Angeles Chargers|San Diego Chargers]], using a [[sound level meter]] to judge the crowd's reaction. The new logo was decidedly rejected by the crowd in favor of Pat, and the concept was shelved.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story/_/id/6810815/uni-watch-traces-lineage-patriots-flying-elvis-logo|title=The untold story behind the Patriots logo|date=July 28, 2011|publisher=[[ESPN]]|first=Paul|last=Lukas|access-date=January 24, 2018|archive-date=January 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121010838/http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story/_/id/6810815/uni-watch-traces-lineage-patriots-flying-elvis-logo|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1993, a new logo was unveiled involving the gray face of a minuteman wearing a red, white and royal blue hat that begins as a tricorne and transitions into a flowing banner-like design. It became popularly known as the "Flying Elvis" due to many observing its resemblance to the profile of a young [[Elvis Presley]]. A new script logo was introduced as well in tandem with the "Flying Elvis", utilizing a cursive font.<ref name="NESN">{{cite news|url=http://nesn.com/2013/07/patriots-uniforms-evolve-from-pat-patriot-to-flying-elvis-throughout-the-years-photos/|title=Patriots' Uniform Evolves From Flying Elvis Over The Years|date=July 20, 2013|publisher=[[NESN]]|access-date=August 24, 2015|archive-date=September 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912060315/http://nesn.com/2013/07/patriots-uniforms-evolve-from-pat-patriot-to-flying-elvis-throughout-the-years-photos/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2000, the blue color used on the tricorne of the "Flying Elvis" as well as the outline of the cursive wordmark was switched from royal blue to nautical blue to coincide with the uniform change in the new millennium.<ref name="NESN"/>

On July 3, 2013, the Patriots unveiled a new wordmark to accompany the "Flying Elvis", which replaced the script of their previous cursive typeface with modernized block letters (colored in blue or white depending on the background), and modified the "Flying Elvis" to be underneath instead of flowing up-top. While appearing everywhere else, it was not applied on the uniforms until the [[2015 New England Patriots season|2015 season]] due to NFL uniform policies.<ref name="NewPatriotsLogo2013">{{cite web|last=Sessler|first=Marc|title=New England Patriots debut new, bolder logo|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/new-england-patriots-debut-new-bolder-logo-0ap1000000216094|publisher=National Football League|date=July 3, 2013|access-date=August 29, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910103726/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000216094/article/new-england-patriots-debut-new-bolder-logo|archive-date=September 10, 2015}}</ref>
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File:New England Patriots wordmark (1960 - 1992).png|{{center|The Patriots' wordmark used in the Sullivan era between 1960 and 1992}}
File:New England Patriots wordmark (c. 2000).png|{{center|The Patriots' wordmark used from 1993 to 2013, with the blue darkened in 2000. A version with the "Flying Elvis" attached to the top was frequently used}}
File:New England Patriots wordmark.svg|{{center|The Patriots' wordmark used since 2013. A version with a small "Flying Elvis" underneath the block letters is also commonly seen, such as in the end zone of [[Gillette Stadium]] 
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