It features a leaping dolphin, wearing a football helmet in front of a wavy orange circle meant to depict the bright Miami sun. The image of the sun had a number of thin lines emerging from all around the outline, and were meant to depict the rays of the sun. The dolphin was bright turquoise, and the shade of orange used was light and bright.

When the Miami Dolphins made their AFL debut in 1966, they did so with a helmet featuring a dolphin leaping through a sunburst in what is now an iconic orange-and-aqua color scheme. This logo would be tweaked a few times but basically remain the same until 2013.

The Miami Dolphins redid the beloved logo on their helmets almost ten years ago, making the dolphin look more “realistic” and taking away its helmet with the orange “M.” It was a break from the one introduced when the team debuted in 1966.