1940-51 Green Bay Packers

1940: Packers were a mix of solid navy socks and no socks at all.
1941: Packers wore no socks all season until 12/14/41 game in Chicago.
1942-43: Packers wore no socks for both seasons.

1940-51 navy is very dark.
1941-51 yellow pants are actually gold/khaki in color.

10/10/43 - DET @ GB (screenshot of NFL Films footage)

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1938-48 Detroit Lions

Color film of 9/24/39 Lions shows that the 1938-48 blue was a deep royal and the silver was brighter than predicted.

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9/24/39 - BRK @ DET

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1940 Brooklyn Dodgers

Dodgers wore plain white helmets and pants for Week 2 game at Washington while wearing their blue jerseys to contrast Washington's burgundy.

9/15/40 - BRK @ WASH

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1939-44 Washington Redskins

Front/back numbers larger, back numbers higher on shoulders.

12/13/42 - CHB @ WASH

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1937-40 Philadelphia Eagles

Back numbers enlarged and moved higher towards shoulders

10/15/39 - PHIL @ NYG

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1940-46 New York Giants

Improved size/position of front/back numbers.

9/28/40 - NYG @ PHIL

10/27/46 - CHB @ NYG

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1940-42 Pittsburgh Steelers

1940

Block numbers sized/positioned the same as 1939 numbers.

Added yellow-topped sannies.

1941

Made yellow jersey's numbers same as 1940.

Increased the sized of front back numbers to match what I saw in 1940 Eagles photos (green jerseys).

Green jersey numbers are pro-block but font is slightly bolder.

1942

Front/back numbers on yellow jerseys made identical size/position to 1941 yellow jerseys.

Front/back numbers on black jerseys almost identical in size. 

Back numbers higher on back than normal on black jerseys.

11/3/40 - PITT @ WASH

9/21/41 - PHIL @ PITT

11/8/42 - PITT @ DET

12/6/42 - PITT@ GB

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1940-43, 1945-49 Chicago Cardinals & 1944 Card-Pitts

Improved size/position/font of front/back numbers

Thickened 1948 pants stripes to match 1949

10/27/40 - CLE @ CHC

10/19/41 - CHC @ BRK

11/4/45 - CHC @ WASH

10/6/46 - CHB @ CHC

10/12/47 - CHC @ GB

12/5/48 - GB @ CHC

10/2/49 - CHB @ CHC

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1940-49 New York Giants

2-tone pants - both grey and khaki

1945 plain helmets changes to same model as normal blue/red helmets.

1945-49 belts matched pants.

Tuffy Leemans & Cuff Ward - 1941

11/3/40 - NYG @ BRK

10/21/45 - PITT@NYG

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1940 Brooklyn Dodgers

Khaki pants are slightly darker than Giants' grey 2-tones.

Buttstripes match jerseys/socks.

Dodgers did not wear white pants with blue jersey combo. Wore same pants as with red jerseys.

White belts most common.

11/3/40 - NYG @ BRK
(Buttstripes same color as jerseys/socks)

11/10/40 - WASH @ BRK
(Pants are 2-tone with white belts)

12/1/40 - BRK @ NYG
(BRK in blue jersey combo)

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