The Washington Redskins announced they will abandon their nickname and logo yesterday, July 13, 2020. One of the franchise founders, George Preston Marshall named the franchise the Redskins one year after the team entered the league as the Boston Braves.
The Braves Were First
This original Boston football franchise took the name Braves from the National League baseball team that now resides in Atlanta. The baseball team was founded in 1871 and went by several nicknames including the Red Stockings, Doves and Rustlers (The American League franchise adopted the name Red Sox). In 1912, team owner John Ward named the club the Braves as a nod to James Gaffney who was a “sachem” or leader of New York’s Tammany Hall.