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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1944 Detroit Lions

Concluded that the once-used white jerseys of 1944 were actually the grey jerseys used at least twice before during the 1942 Preseason.

9/5/42 - DET v PHIL @ Erie, PA

9/9/42 - Western Army All-Stars @ DET

11/26/44 - DET @ CLE

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1944 Brooklyn Tigers

Tigers wore 1942 Dodgers blue/white combo in preseason

8/30/44 WASH v BRK @ Ogden, UT

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1944 New York Giants

With Washington wearing navy for 12/3/44, NY Giants require change to red jerseys for this Week 12 game. (No change to yearly image required.)
NOTE: NYG #7's jersey matches the red stripes of his helmet.

12/3/44 - WASH @ NYG

1944 Washington Redskins

Pants changed to match 1943 versions shown in color photos.

Numbers on Week 4 & 5 jerseys match front of pants - gold, not yellow. White sannies worn.

Weeks 9 & 10 - Redskins wore jerseys with plain white numbers - not gold with white outline.

Navy jerseys worn 12/3/44 @ NYG Week 12.

10/15/44 - WASH @ BOS

11/12/44 - WASH @ BRK

11/19/44 - PHIL @ WASH

12/3/44 - WASH @ NYG

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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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1944 Philadelphia Eagles

Front/back numbers made taller on green jersey with white shoulder/arm yoke

Front/back numbers made taller on 2-stripe white jersey with thinner font. Back numbers moved higher.

11/19/44 - PHIL @ WASH

9/26/44 - PHIL @ BOS

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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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1940-43, 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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1941-49 Green Bay Packers

Slight 2-toning for all years.

2-tone is front/back only for 1943-49.

1941-42 has darker 2-toning in elongated fly-area, also.

10/12/41 - BRK @ GB

12/6/42 - PITT @ GB

10/2/49 - LA @ GB

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