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| 1995 |
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| 2003 |
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| 1995 |
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Monday, May 18, 2020
1995-2003 Indianapolis Colts
Colts' helmet logo became royal blue version of the open-top horseshoe during the duration of the blue facemask era.
1990-94 Indianapolis Colts
Colts' helmet logo changed to the wider-opening version and became darker, almost to navy. Additionally, previously going un-noticed, the Colts' 1994 throwbacks featured a helmet logo with upturned tips.
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| 9/25/94 - CLE @ IND |
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| 9/18/94 - IND @ PITT |
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| 1990 |
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| 1994 |
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| 1990 |
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| 1994 |
1981-87 Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts
Colts helmet logo reduced in size and made thicker throughout. Horseshoe was slightly darker than we had shown before.
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| 1981 |
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| 1987 |
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1957-80 Baltimore Colts
Colts used a thin version of horseshoe logo of large size. Within individual photos you will see Colts with different spacing at the top of the horseshoes, as seen in this 1958 photo showing Johnny Unitas (#19) and Alan Ameche (#35).
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| 1958 |
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| 1970 |
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1956 Baltimore Colts
The Colts had a thinner horseshoe logo on the backs of their helmets and the tips of those horsehoes pointed slightly upward.
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| 10/28/56 - GB @ BALT |
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
1972 Buffalo Bills
Bills wore their 1971 socks and plain sannies in the 1972 preseason and a different stripe pattern on their sannies for Week 1.
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| 9/3/72 - BUF @ CHB |
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| 9/17/72 - NYJ @ BUF |
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| 9/24/72 - SF @ BUF |
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Sunday, March 22, 2020
1930 Portsmouth Spartans
Per Jeffrey Payne of the Vintage Football Community...
" (I) Was reading the book: "Home & Away: The Rise and Fall of Professional Football on the Banks of the Ohio" by Carl M. Becker and saw that he describes their uniforms in pretty good detail a few times. Thought I'd share it with you if any of this is new info.
P. 218 - This is in a chapter discussing the 1930 season, their first in the NFL
"The players that survived the cuts wore new uniforms. Abandoning the old blue and white colors, Spartan officials arrayed the team in all purple uniforms, with numerals on the backs of the jerseys and white wings on the forehead of the helmets."
P. 223 - Still discussing 1930 season
"Observers of the game thought that the uniforms, virtually all purple, needed more contrasting colors ... The Spartan management ordered new uniforms, purple jerseys with black stripes on the front and white numerals on the back, black pants made of an airplane cloth with a purple knit insert on the back. Socks and headgear would remain the same."
" (I) Was reading the book: "Home & Away: The Rise and Fall of Professional Football on the Banks of the Ohio" by Carl M. Becker and saw that he describes their uniforms in pretty good detail a few times. Thought I'd share it with you if any of this is new info.
P. 218 - This is in a chapter discussing the 1930 season, their first in the NFL
"The players that survived the cuts wore new uniforms. Abandoning the old blue and white colors, Spartan officials arrayed the team in all purple uniforms, with numerals on the backs of the jerseys and white wings on the forehead of the helmets."
P. 223 - Still discussing 1930 season
"Observers of the game thought that the uniforms, virtually all purple, needed more contrasting colors ... The Spartan management ordered new uniforms, purple jerseys with black stripes on the front and white numerals on the back, black pants made of an airplane cloth with a purple knit insert on the back. Socks and headgear would remain the same."
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| 11/2/30 - PORT @ GB |
Lightened the shade of purple to allow better contrast with black chest stripes shown on Spartan in the middle of the photo facing the camera. Also altered font of the '1' to match #21 at left.
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Thursday, March 19, 2020
1926 Milwaukee Badgers
From Dan McLaughlin...
On page 316 of Michael Benter's book on the Milwaukee Badgers, it notes that the 9/23/26 Milwaukee journal reported on coach "Johnny Bryan's Maroon jerseyed pros." The book says that that color matched the University of Chicago maroon color (Bryan's alma mater). It also says that it was a change from the "dark orange" of previous years. That year (1926) also had a change of team ownership/management.
On page 316 of Michael Benter's book on the Milwaukee Badgers, it notes that the 9/23/26 Milwaukee journal reported on coach "Johnny Bryan's Maroon jerseyed pros." The book says that that color matched the University of Chicago maroon color (Bryan's alma mater). It also says that it was a change from the "dark orange" of previous years. That year (1926) also had a change of team ownership/management.
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Sunday, March 15, 2020
1960 Houston Oilers
The book "Houston Oilers: The Early Years," contains the following excerpt...
"(Oiler) Guard Hogan Wharton once said of (Head Coach) Rymkus: 'Lou had a phobia about looking unprofessional.' If Wharton's assessment was accurate, Rymkus was ready for the psychiatrist's couch after the (August 6) Tulsa trip.
The nightmare began when a dozen Oiler jerseys were stolen from the locker room prior to the game. Apparently, a Shrine official had forgotten to lock the door after Houston's Friday-night practice. When equipment manager George Greene broke the news to Rymkus, the coach exploded. After the torrent of profanity subsided, Greene was thankful that his life had been spared.
A chagrined Rymkus trudged to the Dallas locker room. Hearing the Oilers' predicament, Coach Hank Stram, whose Texans were wearing white, offered the use of his team's home jerseys. When the Houston Oilers made their football debut, forty-two players were wearing Columbia-blue jerseys, and the remaining ten players were wearing red."
The August 6, 1960, game during Preseason Week 2 has been changed to reflect this event.
"(Oiler) Guard Hogan Wharton once said of (Head Coach) Rymkus: 'Lou had a phobia about looking unprofessional.' If Wharton's assessment was accurate, Rymkus was ready for the psychiatrist's couch after the (August 6) Tulsa trip.
The nightmare began when a dozen Oiler jerseys were stolen from the locker room prior to the game. Apparently, a Shrine official had forgotten to lock the door after Houston's Friday-night practice. When equipment manager George Greene broke the news to Rymkus, the coach exploded. After the torrent of profanity subsided, Greene was thankful that his life had been spared.
A chagrined Rymkus trudged to the Dallas locker room. Hearing the Oilers' predicament, Coach Hank Stram, whose Texans were wearing white, offered the use of his team's home jerseys. When the Houston Oilers made their football debut, forty-two players were wearing Columbia-blue jerseys, and the remaining ten players were wearing red."
The August 6, 1960, game during Preseason Week 2 has been changed to reflect this event.
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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.
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.
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| 10/10/43 - DET @ GB (screenshot of NFL Films footage) |
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Thursday, December 5, 2019
1948-53 Washington Redskins
1948-53 pants were less 'vegas' gold and more tan. 1949-53 helmets were more copper/bronze than vegas gold.
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| 11/11/51 - WASH@ NYG |
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| 11/11/51 - WASH@ NYG |
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