1946 Chicago Rockets

Sleeve stripes and numbers on the white jerseys had a thin yellow outline. Red stripes on the white socks had a thicker yellow outline. Helmet stripe was wider on white helmets.

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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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1946 Chicago Rockets

Rockets wore red helmets, red jerseys, white pants, and white socks for Week 4 game hosting Buffalo.

Thank you to David Jacob.

9/25/46 - BUF @ CHI

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1948 Chicago Rockets

F/B numbers larger and higher on chest and back

9/6/48 - CHI @ BUF

10/8/48 - CHI @ LA

10/24/48 - BRK @ CHI

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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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1946 Chicago Rockets

Back numbers larger and higher on the back.

9/13/46 - CLE @ CHI

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1946 Chicago Rockets

Modified combos after discussion initiated by following email:

From: John Turney <jturney@totacc.com>
To: Tim Brulia <coolbrul@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 10:01 PM
Subject: Chicago Rockets wore white jersey with white pants at least once in 1946

Looks like Chicago Rockets wore white jersey with white pants at least once in 1946. But, it looks like Hirsch's jersey may be sans the shoulder stripe. The 49ers have white helmets and white pants which also fits in 1946.

 

After debating this, Tim replied with the following email:

John,

I have the November 30th game between the Rockets and 49ers at Kezar as follows:

Rockets: entirely in red (helmet, jersey, pants and socks)

49ers: entirely in white (helmet, jersey, pants and socks)

The  September 29th game at Soldier Field I have:

49ers: white helmet, red jersey, white pants, red socks.

Rockets: red helmet, white jersey, red pants, red socks.

This leads me to believe that the [picture above] comes from the September 1st preseason game at Kezar Stadium. 

TB
 
While researching this, we came also came across another photo from the Dec. 15 game against the Dons which showed that white jersey had red cuffs and sleeve stripe.

 

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