Bob Gessner

Robert Gessner (1933 – April 27, 2018) was an American freelance artist, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who created many of the logos for the city's athletic teams.

While earning his degree at Pitt, Gessner became friends with Beano Cook, the University's sports information director.

Cook gave Gessner some freelance illustration jobs for athletic programs, newspapers and other Panthers' publications.

In 1961, Beano Cook helped Gessner get the job for creating the new logo for the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League.

Gessner's "skating penguin" was used until 1992, however it was revived in 2000 and is still the basis of the team's current logo, only with different colors.