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.

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

9/24/39 - BRK @ DET

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1947 Los Angeles Dons

Dons wore their unstriped blue jerseys for their preseason game in San Francisco.

8/24/47 - LA Dons @ SF

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1947-49 Green Bay Packers

Plain yellow jerseys worn during 1947-49 had kelly green numbers, not navy numbers according to the Packers.com website.

https://100.packers.com/uniforms/uniform-of-1947

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1947 San Francisco 49ers

Lightened the shades of gold for the pants and helmet.

10/12/47 - CHI @ SF

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1947 AAFC Chicago Rockets

Rockets wore a red & white 1946 combo during the 1947 preseason.

8/23/47 - CHI v BRK @ Salt Lake City, UT

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1947 AAFC Brooklyn Dodgers

Dodgers wore their 1946 style black jerseys in preseason without serifs on the 1s.

8/23/47 - CHI v BRK @ Salt Lke City, UT

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1947-48 Detroit Lions

1947 Lions wore box-top 1s in 1947 and for the 1948 preseason.

9/10/47 - DET v WASH @ Denver, CO

10/26/47 - DET @ GB

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1947-48 New York Yankees

Adjusted size and positioning of front/back numbers on all jerseys.

9/12/47 - NYY @ LA (colorized)

11/9/47 - SF @ NYY

10/17/48 - SF @ NYY

11/21/48 - CLE @ NYY

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1947-49 Los Angeles Dons

Blue & white jerseys have larger numbers. Front numbers are higher on the chest and back numbers are more centered.

9/12/47 - NYY @ LA (colorized)

11/25/48 - CLE @ LA

9/22/49 - LA @ B-NYY

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1947 Buffalo Bills

F/B numbers larger.

No lower serifs on 1s.

1947 Buffalo Bills

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1947 Brooklyn Dodgers

F/B numbers larger.

Back numbers higher on back.

9/19/47 - BRK @ LA

10/12/47 - BRK @ NYY

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1947 Chicago Rockets

F/B numbers made bolder, were too thin.

9/19/47 - BUF @ CHI

9/26/47 - CLE @ CHI

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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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