Back in February at the bottom of page 2 in the thread "Post your Oddities", I posted several photos regarding the following topic...The story goes that Mrs. Montana packed the jersey Joe wore in their Super Bowl XIX victory over the Dolphins in January 1985 in his suitcase as a 'good luck' gesture. Well, Joe took it one step further and wore the jersey for the Super Bowl in January 1989 vs Cincy! A few other 49ers can be pictured likewise wearing the older design.
However, the rest of the Niners wore the design new to the 1988 season with the jerseys including a narrowing of the stripes, shortening the sleeves and introducing a serifed font for the nameplate.Photos from 1989-1995 show this same refurbished design including for the throwback jerseys worn during 1994 season.This led me to make an update for the 1980-1995 Niners in terms of the sleeve stripes due to the fact that the currently displayed stripes for this time period a) reflect no change in 1988 and b) don't reflect accurately the stripes used from either the 1980-87 (wider stripes/elbow-length sleeves) or the 1988-1995 (thin stripes/bicep-length sleeves) varieties.They do now.
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