Theodore W. Drake (September 2, 1907 – May 25, 2000) was an American cartoonist, graphic artist, and sports artist known for creating the college-sports mascot the
Notre Dame Leprechaun and the
NBA Chicago Bulls logo.
Drake is probably best remembered for the creation of the
Notre Dame Leprechaun, for which he was paid $50. The Leprechaun was first used on the 1964 football
pocket schedule and later on the football program covers, and featured on the cover of ''
Time
Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequ ...
'' magazine in November 1964.
Ted Drake should also be remembered for creating the
Chicago Bulls logo in 1966.
In the early 1950s, Drake was the main graphic artist for the ''
Kukla, Fran and Ollie'' television puppet show, creating its opening titles along with album covers, newsletters, advertisements, and even Christmas cards.
Ted Drake, Kuklapolitan Artist
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References
https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19641120,00.html
External links
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Sources
*''The Spindrift Cartoons: 1943'' edited by Matthew H. Gore (Ellendale: Tennessee, 2008).
1907 births
2000 deaths
American comics artists
American sports cartoonists
American album-cover and concert-poster artists
American advertising artists and illustrators
Logo designers
University of Notre Dame people
Film and television title designers
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