![]() ![]() There was a rumor Sunday the Packers would have a press conference concerning their uniforms colors during the week following the Eagle game. Details here are quoted from the Packer Report, September 18, 1993: NFL requires that coaches wear team-issued (and team-branded) clothing on the sidelines.Īt this time, a uniform overhaul was proposed. Manufacturer's logo also added to the pants. Packers 75th anniversary patch added to left chest (GBP03 502)(photo) Solid green socks added (GBP03 502)(photo), Starter assumes contract for uniforms, their logo replaces MacGregor on the sleeves. NFL shield decal added to helmets and NFL shield patch added to jersey neck (as part of league-wide branding initiative) (GBP03 502)(photo), manufacturer's logo (MacGregor) added to sleeve Team wears one style of green/gold striped socks, at home and on road.Īddition of first and only helmet logo in team history, "G" logo designed by team equipment manager Braisher. (GBP08)ĭuring this period, the Packers experiment with green facemasks before adopting gray through 1980. In 1959 road games only, white socks above worn on the road, with stripes to match the jersey sleeves. Pants feature one thin white and two thin green stripes, resulting in a green/gold/white/gold/green pattern. The green/white/green striping pattern, surrounded by a gold field, is repeated on the helmet, socks and jersey sleeves. The Packers' new uniforms are characterized by "Braisher stripes", named for team equipment manager Gerald "Dad" Braisher. Original design had no helmet logo, and called for three-stripe design on socks all players asked to wear the same style cleat. ![]() Uniform overhaul: new head coach Vince Lombardi revamps uniforms to the familiar design still seen today with minor modifications. ![]() New coach Scooter McLean brings back same green uniforms used in 1956 opener (white pants, white helmet). ![]() (GBP08) This road uniform had no gold white helmets and pants with single blue stripe, white socks with blue Northwestern stipes, white jerseys with blue Northwestern stipes and numbers. In 1957, Packers began consistently wearing white road uniforms, for television. Uniform overhaul: dark bluish-green jersey with three gold bands on sleeves and gold numbers gold helmets and pants green and gold striped socks (white helmets were also worn) (PBN) (GBP08) "TV numbers" added to sleeve (GBP03 501)(PBN) Team used its older green jerseys and gold pants (from the early '50s) in several road games. Detroit, Packers break out green jersey with white pants and white helmets, but never wear again until '58. As a result, both teams wear dark blue jerseys.įor 1956 opener vs. George Halas refuses to outfit his Bears in road whites for games at City Stadium in 19. Team also experiments (through 1958) with white uniform and helmets, with single navy stipe down pants, and navy jerseys with white numbers and sleeve striping (GBP03 501)(PBN) New coach (Lisle Blackbourn), new uniforms (again): solid navy blue jersey returns, with new three-stripe design in "dirty mustard gold" on sleeves and socks faded gold pants. In 1952, the NFL made its first attempt to organize the assignment of jersey numbers by position (this system was formally codified in 1973 and amended in 1989) (PBN) LA coach Hampton Pool played the game under protest (the Rams won 45-27). When the Packers played the Rams on December 7, the Packers wore the same all-gold uniform, resulting in a gold-on-gold matchup. This would be the definitive Curly Lambeau uniform, lasting until he stepped down from his coaching duties. The Packers wore the classic blue jerseys with gold yokes in the championship game with the Giants.įront of gold yoke is raised, revealing in clearly-defined collar. This uniform was the basis for throwbacks worn against Detroit on Thanksiving Day, 2001. White jersey added for Cleveland game at City Stadium to avoid confusion between the two navy-clad teams (after Halas complained of just such confusion in the Bears' game with Cleveland) (HIST II)Īdditional alternate uniform added: Solid white jerseys with green numbers, gold pants white socks (PBN). Starting in 1937, the league mandated that all players wear numerals a minumum of six inches high on the front of the jersey and eight inches high on the back of the jersey (TC) These uniforms were made out of jockey satin and did not breathe many Packers later blamed the loss on the hot, uncomfortable uniforms (Clarke Hinkle claimed to have lost 25 pounds during the game). Preseason (August) game against the College All-Stars: green jerseys with ten-inch gold numbers on front and back gold helmets and pants. ![]()
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