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1947 Bill Veeck with Chief Wahoo Artist - Walter Goldbach Making History Original TYPE I Photo PSA/DNA Basketball Memorabilia He was a 3 XIn 1947, Indians owner Bill Veeck tapped a 17 year old draftsman named Walter Goldbach to create Chief Wahoo, a grinning caricature that quickly defined Cleveland baseball. The image, echoing a 1930s cartoon, soon drew fire. By 1951, Wahoo's red faced redesign became iconic and infamous. For decades, protests swelled, framing the logo as racial stereotyping. The breaking point came when MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred pressured the team to act. In 2018,