By Phil Hecken with James Huening Just two short weeks ago, I and UW Pollster James Huening presented our latest poll: Worst Uniform Combination Ever. The results are in. You …
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The Robert Harvell Files, Vol. 4
Can’t get enough of these tremendous football photos from Robert Harvell’s library of images. Here’s the latest batch: • I seem to recall that there’s a story behind Bob Lilly’s …
Uni Watch Profiles: Bruce Claypool
I was recently interviewed by the folks at NFL Films, who were shooting a feature about football uniforms. At one point I asked the producer who else they were interviewing, …
Worst Uni Combo…Time To Vote
By Phil Hecken, with UW Pollster, James Huening A couple weekends ago, James T. Huening and I suggested a number of worst uniform combinations in the history of sport, and …
The Robert Harvell Files, Vol. 3
Time for another batch of awesome football photos from Robert Harvell’s archives. Last time around we focused on helmets and facemasks, but this bunch is all over the the lot. …
Wearing It Well
By Phil Hecken with Rick Pearson For the past couple of weeks, Ricko and I have been trading E-mails with regard to a topic which we rarely broach on Uni …
Worst Uniform Combo Ever?
By Phil Hecken, with James Huening Worst Uni Ever? Been there done that. But, recently Jimbo and I were trading E-mails and we came upon one of those “worst uni” …
The Robert Harvell Files, Vol. 2
Back with another great set of football photos from Robert Harvell’s collection (if you missed the first installment, look here). Most of the ones in this batch are facemask- and …
Fifty Since Sixty
By Phil Hecken As you are all aware, or should be by now, last week the Philadelphia Eagles became the third team to unveil a “throwback alternate.” Paul already covered …
The Robert Harvell Files, Vol. 1
Got a note the other day from Robert Harvell, the auction director at GUU Auctions. “Over the years I’ve collected vintage football photos, circa 1950-1970, from every corner of the …
Such a Nice Design, Even Joe Skiba Likes It
The Eagles made it official yesterday: They’ll be wearing kelly green 1960 throwbacks for their season opener against the Packers. Not much to dislike here — the helmet looks good, …
Going Green xo Blue
By Phil Hecken One of my great pleasures in serving at Paul’s Bench Coach is getting to meet (either in person or through the magic of the Interwebs) many of …
Getting It Right The First Time
By Phil Hecken, with Giancarlo A couple weeks ago, in the comments section, reader Giancarlo raised an extremely germane comment/suggestion/question; to wit: What teams got their uniform exactly right from …
Doing It Right, Chicago Style
By Phil Hecken In a week that has seen several new uniform introductions, as well as the first wearing of another, the Chicago Bears have chosen to save the best …
BFBS PT. II
By Phil Hecken, with James Huening In a wonderful bit of serendipitous timing, the Arizona Cardinals broke some 100+ years of history on Thursday, introducing a black jersey and new …