Showing posts with label 1945. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1945. Show all posts

Friday, December 13, 2019

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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Monday, July 29, 2019

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.

https://99wfmk.com/2019-marks-the-detroit-lions-90th-anniversary/

9/24/39 - BRK @ DET

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Sunday, February 25, 2018

1945 Boston Yanks

Wore 1944 green jersey in only 1945 Preseason game


9/18/45 NYG v BOS @ Lynn, MA

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Saturday, January 6, 2018

1945 Cleveland Rams

Rams used plain blue socks for 4 games - Weeks 6,8,9,11.

Youtube video of 10/28/45 - Cleveland Rams @ Philadelphia Eagles - IN COLOR!
This is the first of 4 games in which the Rams used plain blue socks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la-yKe8bBc4&t=63s

11/11/45 - GB @ CLE
11/18/45 - CLE @ CHC

12/2/45 - BOS @ CLE

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Friday, December 30, 2016

1945-47 Washington Redskins

1945 - Improved lower serif, made bottom of upper serif straight, back numbers smaller than front numbers and higher on back

1946 - f/b numbers larger than 1945, back numbers lower and smaller than front numbers

1947 - (1945-46 style) - front numbers smaller to match size of back numbers
         - (new style) - back numbers larger than front numbers and high on back


1945 WASH team photo

12/16/45 - WASH @ CLE

10/6/46 - DET @ WASH

10/19/47 - WASH @ GB
11/21/48 - WASH @ PHIL

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1945-46 Philadelphia Eagles

Front/back numbers made taller on green jersey with white shoulder/arm yoke
Front/back numbers made taller with thinner font on white jersey with green shoulder/arm yoke
Added white 2-stripe jersey combo with grey pants as 'preseason only' 9/23/45 vs CLE

9/23/45 - PHIL v CLE @ Akron, OH

12/2/45 - PHIL @ NYG

11/11/45 - NYG @ PHIL

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

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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Friday, September 16, 2016

1945-49 Pittsburgh Steelers

1945
Plain black jerseys have taller front/back pro-block numbers
Yellows made paler to match color photos of 1949.

1946
All numbers are sans-serif.
Numbers are shorter than in 1945.
Yellows made paler to match color photos of 1949.

1947
1946 plain black jersey with sans-serif numbers worn in Preseason vs GB
White jerseys has thin box-top 1s with angled chisel-notch in top left.
White jerseys had plain white collar. (See 1948 team photo)
Striped black jerseys are regular box-top 1s.
Inner black and outer yellow stripes in sleeve and socks' NW pattern are equal width.
Middle yellow stripe in NW pattern is wider than in 1935-40.
Yellows made paler to match color photos of 1949.

1948
Black striped jersey and plain white jersey are the same as 1947.
Socks changed to match 1947 also.
White jerseys had plain white collar. (See team photo)
Yellows made paler to match color photos of 1949.


1949
Improved size/position of 'pro-black' numbers on black jerseys.
Chisel-top numbers on white jerseys made the same as 1947-48.
NW sleeve and sock stripes match on black jersey combo.
NW sleeve stripes on white jersey match sleeve stripes on black jersey.
NW sock stripes on white socks have much wider inner white stripes, resembles 1934-35 yellow jersey sleeves.
Yellows made paler to match color photos

9/25/49 - NYG @ PITT

9/25/49 - NYG @ PITT

1948 team photo

11/20/49 - PITT @ GB

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Friday, July 22, 2016

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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