For all photos, click to enlarge Good morning, and happy last day of February! Hope you all had a good weekend. Now then: People often forget that Reggie Jackson played …
Category: History
Supe’s On! Cincinnati Bengals Uniform History
By Phil Hecken, with Timmy Brulia Follow @PhilHecken Good Super Sunday Morning, Uni Watchers — the Big Day is here. I’m once again rejoined by the Gridiron Uniform Database head …
Supe’s On! The History of the LA Rams Uniforms
By Phil Hecken, with Timmy Brulia Follow @PhilHecken Good Saturday Morning, Uni Watchers. Tis the day before the big day. I hope everyone has had a great week. With the …
A Treasure Trove of 1950s Milwaukee Braves Images
I recently stumbled upon something really fun on Amazon Prime: two hours of Milwaukee Braves promotional footage from 1953, ’54, and ’55 — the team’s first three seasons after moving …
A Museum Exhibit on the History of Women’s Sportswear
Click to enlarge My friend Sonya, who’s a Ph.D. fashion historian, recently told me about a museum exhibit on the history of women’s sportswear, called Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 …
A Treasure Trove of Awesome Colt .45s Photos
Click to enlarge A few weeks ago, I ran a 1960s photo showing Houston Colt .45s infielder Mike White receiving a flu shot while in uniform (and also while holding …
A Uni Watch Look at Don Maynard
Click to enlarge Pro Football Hall of Famer Don Maynard died yesterday. I saw him play during the tail end of his career in the early 1970s, when I was …
Pocket-Palooza: Floodgates Open on Obscure MLB Uni Detail
Our story so far: In 2019, I wrote a blog entry about how Casey Stengel had a little pocket added to his uniform pants when he managed the Yankees and …
History Mystery Deepens as Pants Pocket Pics Proliferate
For all photos, click to enlarge The gent on the right in the photo above is Phillies manager Gene Mauch, who skippered the Phils from 1960 through 1968. Why am …
The Duke of Montreal: Snider Had Unusual Uni Modification
Click to enlarge Hall of Famer Duke Snider is best known for his 16-year stint with the Dodgers — first in Brooklyn and then in Los Angeles. But he also …
A Cautionary Tale: How Hockey Jersey Ads Came to Finland
Click to enlarge As we all know by now, NHL uniforms will start carrying advertisements next season. But in some parts of the world, the idea of hockey teams wearing …
A Uni Watch Look at Bill Virdon
For all photos, click to enlarge Former MLBer Bill Virdon, who was Rookie of the Year as a player and a two-time Manager of the Year as a skipper, died …
Initialize This: Pitt’s Unusual 1989 Nameplates
The screen shot above is from the 1989 game between Pitt and Penn State. It shows Pitt wide receivers Olanda Truitt and Baron Jackson. It’s funny that their NOBs both …
America’s Team: Cowboys Revive Red/White/Blue Stripes
Click to enlarge Interesting move yesterday by the Cowboys, who announced that they’re bringing back their red/white/blue helmet striping for this Sunday’s game against the Broncos. They wore that striping …
Frankly, Scarlet: Buckeyes to Go Mono-Red vs. Penn State
For all photos, cick to enlarge Things will look a little different for Ohio State’s matchup against Penn State on Oct. 30, as the Buckeyes yesterday announced that they’ll be …