Earlier this month, the city of Cleveland lost one of the great’s, as Walter Goldbach passed away. In case you don’t remember the name, allow me to remind you. He is the artist for the original Chief Wahoo logo. He was only 17 at the time of creating the iconic logo in 1946. I recently spoke with his granddaughter Stacia Fox, who had some very interesting memories of comments to share about how it all came together for her Grandfather.
“Bill Veeck just had purchased the Cleveland Indians and was wanting to update the logo. My grandpa was working at his uncles embroidery and patch shop the J.