By Phil Hecken, with Tim Brulia as good as Rick Pearson
It struck Ricko as good as me during about a same time. We were trade E-mails prior to a Denver Broncos played a San Diego Chargers in their throwbacks this past Monday, as good as exchanging a small barbs about a uniforms as decorated upon a 1960 AFL territory of a Football Uniforms Past as good as Present website which website is an useful tool, as good as a amount of incredible investigate which has left in to it cannot be undervalued as good as Ricko asked me, we dont think a Broncos have been gonna wear brown pants with white stripes, do you? Now, we wasnt innate when a Broncos played which initial season, yet we did know they customarily had a singular span of pants. Yet, upon a 1960 territory of FUPP, those pants have been decorated as carrying white stripes (which would have finished forever some-more sense, customarily it didnt happen).
Then we looked some-more closely during a small of a alternative uniforms as good as Ricko informed me they were wrong too. In fact, it occurred to him (and it strike me during about a same time): Did a NFL essentially use a FUPP site to bottom a good series of their AFL throwback unvaried upon? Could they have been which lazy? Were they relying upon a (very good, yet not infallible) website to foreordain a demeanour of their throwbacks? Certainly, a Houston Oilers, who have been decorated as carrying blue numbers as good as blue stripes upon their hosiery (for their highway uniform) which is additionally wrong could have been a NFLs model. When a Titans came out wearing their highway throwbacks, certain enough they were wrong. In fact, they unequivocally butchered a socks, (those have been a home socks).
Anyway, this got us (and by us, we mean Ricko) to meditative usually how most of those 1960 uniforms decorated upon FUPP were not correct? As it turns out EVERY SINGLE ONE had something which is improper a small mistakes have been minor, a small have been major yet any singular a singular of them is incorrect. And which is a shame, because FUPP is such a good site, yet really, accuracy is of paramount importance. As it incited out, a Broncos did wear a scold pants for their game, yet most believed they screwed up. Had FUPP correctly decorated a bullion pants stripes, might be no a singular would have even noticed. But a actuality which most felt a Broncos were essentially wearing a wrong pants speaks volumes about a significance of creation certain a historical jot down is correct.
One of UWs outstanding investigate historians, Tim Brulia, who has compiled two historical columns for a UW repository (White At Home in a NFL as good as Pro Football Uniform History both of which can be found upon a right palm side of a UW main page, underneath Research Projects), is essentially formulation upon working with as good as expanding upon a efforts started by a FUPP website. we will right divided spin a mainstay over to Tim, who will insist a bit about which as good as more. Heres Tim:
~~~What is my interest in all of this? we am trying to magnify a good work a FUPP site did when it was initial launched. But in sequence for a site to have teeth, it contingency be accurate, as tighten to 100% correct as possible. With a site similar to FUPP, any small nuance, as good as item (colors, stripes, symbol fonts, patches, logos, etc.) has to be accurate.
In my research, we have used a Proquest repository of a New York Times which have been accessible online. When we was a member of a Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), they finished accessible a Proquest repository of a Washington Post, Chicago Tribune as good as a Los Angeles Times. we implement a Pennsylvania State Library in Harrisburg, PA as good as their immeasurable microfilm collection of PA newspapers, including a Pittsburgh as good as Philadelphia papers. When we get a singular chance to make it to Washington, we additionally use a microfilm journal collection from a Library of Congress. As good as various historical football pictorial books. Not to mention various contributions from others along a way. we thank all a facilities as good as generous people for a help.
Currently, we am working with a contributor who is we do a striking work upon a pre-1959 uniforms. The target is to finish these sets of unis. From here, we goal to revise a corrections which need to be finished which is currently shown upon FUPP as good as pierce a uni combos which have been ragged since 2003 up to date. When will all of this see a light of day upon a website? Frankly, it is too early to tell. But even after our mental condition becomes reality, our work will never be done. There will always be something which we missed or we need to fix.
~~~Thanks Tim. we will right divided spin a residue of this territory over to Rick Pearson, who will insist a significance of getting it right when it comes to stuff similar to this. Through Rickos untiring efforts this past week, he has reworked any singular AFL unvaried template for a 1960 season. This has come about by regulating his personal recollections, a study of numerous photos as good as clippings from The Ricko Files as good as a experience of being a uni viewer from birth. Im often impressed, customarily wowed, suitably satiated, as good as never wearied by what we as a Uni Watch village pierce to a table. But what youre about to read as good as see, which is a culmination of which lifetime of paying courtesy to a small things which unequivocally DO matter, is a singular of a most amazing efforts we have ever seen, as good as not usually upon UW. If he as good as Tim (and others) collaborating right divided as good as in to a destiny produce results similar to those below, afterwards a historical jot down will have found in Tim as good as Ricko an equal to Marc Okkonen.
And with that, heres Ricko:
~~~Id usually incited 14, with six or seven years of serious uni examination (lower case) already underneath my belt. It was a black as good as white world, except for Sports Illustrated, SPORT magazine, ball as good as football cards (the latter being roughly worthless) as good as Preview Annuals. One NFL diversion a week upon TV as good as customarily a half-hour weekly highlight show upon Saturday mornings. So if we didnt see it upon Sunday, we flattering most werent gonna see it.
And afterwards along diversion this brand brand brand new American Football League. Lots of ink, often about how foolish as good as lame-brained a idea was. Precious small detail. Hard to know who a players were, most less anything about group colors or unis. Such things were of small or no regard to most people. No gamers upon sale anywhere. No air blower hats. Nuthin.
Anyway, here comes this loopy brand brand brand new league, with lots of brand brand brand new names as good as faces, as good as copiousness of familiar aged ones.
I parked myself in front of a TV any Sunday. Actually had a singular in my bedroom, a bit of novelty for a child behind then, as good as we watched a AFL, creation sketches of their unis. What tone were they? Well, which required something of a science in itself. Scarlet as good as stately demeanour roughly comparison upon b&w TVunless theyre upon a field during a same time. If we knew A was red, afterwards we could figure B (although when together, stately in all did demeanour a bit darker).
You indispensable to be around for a beginning of a telecast. That was a time, if ever, a announcers would set a scene. Maybe half a time, though, they didnt bother to describe a unis during all.
Gradually, we figured them out. Logic indicated a Oilers were in powder blue (though yellow bullion was something of a possibility). Eventually, announcers reliable a blue. The Titans certainly wore aged bullion pants. One announcer said they were in maize as good as blue, similar to Michigan. My ass, they were. Those pants were WAY too dim to be maize as Wolverines knew it. And so it went. And sometimes youd guess. Educated guesses, yet still guesses. And demeanour for details. Is there a feathered corner upon those stripes? Especially upon socks. That could be a difficult one. Not a ton of close-ups behind then.
Wasnt until might be a third time we saw a Broncos which someone said they were in brown as good as gold. Until then, we was meditative might be navy as good as gold. Or navy as good as a light orange we right divided call Tennessee Orange. we had reckoned a Patriots were in stately (not wanting to be a Redcoats, as most of we have mentioned) as good as which a Bills had selected red as good as silver. Why not, it was a good demeanour during Georgia during a time, as good as had served a 49ers good a deteriorate before. Then we schooled it was usually a opposite, substantially when they played any alternative as good as we could compare a grays. Or when an announcer worried to discuss it us what a hell a teams were wearing.
After a full deteriorate of delicately examination all or partial of substantially any ABC telecast, we had all flattering most down. Then it was usually a box of watchful until a finish of a following summer to check preseason magazines (and goal for SOME peculiarity in football cards) to check my findings even yet a magazines would all be black as good as white, too (it wasnt until SIs pro football preview in 62 which we eventually saw a tone print an AFL game).
And somewhere along a line it occurred to me which might be no a singular else what recording a things we was recording as good as which might be sometime it all would mean something to someone. Guess might be right divided it eventually does.
So thats it. The photos Ive granted Phil all have been from 1961 publications (unless noted), so they have to be 1960 games. Tough to find a camera which will photographs next years games.
And we have zero yet respect for FUPP. When we initial saw a site, a mistakes raw me. Then we came to comprehend they had taken upon an outrageous task as good as very substantially usually hadnt had a time to poke for everything. we instruct Id know of them sooner, Id have been blissful to help.
What DOES irritate me is which it roughly appears which a NFL simply went to FUPP for a lot of a input for a Legacy project. You similar to to think theyd have worried to, oh, we dunno, demeanour by their own print filesor send someone to examine a local journal archives.
When Paul visited me a year ago, we kidded about being accessible to consult with a NFL upon a AFLs 1960 unis for a 50th jubilee for a in accord with fee. We both laughed, as good as afterwards he said, matter-of-factly, They dont care.
He was right. The league doesnt. The Broncos, though, put a small extra bid in to it. And whether we favourite a 60 duds or not, they got it right. All things considered, thats exceptional. Also unusual, unfortunately.
~~~Phil here. Before we return to Ricks write up, we wish to show we what Rick did to fix a FUPP 1960 AFL group graphics. So, here, for a initial time, have been all Eight Original AFL teams, properly rendered by color, stripe, helmet, etc. OUTSTANDING bid Rick! And here have been any of those 8 teams individually:
Boston Patriots Buffalo Bills Dallas Texans Denver Broncos New York Titans Houston Oilers Los Angeles Chargers as good as Oakland Raiders.
Tremendous, tremendous pursuit upon those Rick. OK we right divided return we to a virtuoso uni watcher, Mr. Pearson, who has a small notes upon those templates:
~~~Notes upon a Revised Templates:
1. Wide red rope upon Patriots socks.
Back afterwards it took me a whilst to comprehend which was a tip of a organisation hosiery most of a Pats chose to wear. In a small games, they wore organisation hosiery which ended with a span of red stripes, which all garbled a leg striping.
2. Titans as good as Raiders helmets.
Raiders wore a same as a Bears during a time. Titans wore something different altogether. It competence have been MacGregor, yet we dont recollect any alternative teams wearing it (and we substantially should have finished theirs a darker blue, because they were). That blue-helmets-darker-than-blue-jerseys thing.
3. Raider numbers were same rise as Oilers.
Most uni historians dont get which right. They pretence which Raiders were some-more similar to a Bearsprobably because a uni was patterned after them.
4. Have not double-checked a specific versions of retard numbers for teams which wore them.
Titans as good as Chargers have been right, we believe. The others might good need adjusting.
5. Raiders gold.
You can see upon my Kids Cards which we had a Raiders bullion wrong. It had a bit of glaze to it, as good as we thought it was metallic aged gold, similar to UCLA or Notre Dame. It wasnt until we saw a 1962 cards (61 Raider cards all were hand-tinted black & white PR photos as good as flattering useless) which we schooled definitely which it was yellow-gold.
6. One-year wonders.
Only Bills as good as Raiders were unchanged for second season.
In 1961
* Titans went to white-added double back unis used for a Legacy games.
* Patriots changed loops to stately around white, as good as lost a white highway socks. And, of course, a three-corner hat was gone.
* Chargers changed all bolts to yellow-gold edged in blue.
* Texans ditched white tall highway socks.
* Oilers changed to retard numbers with no resisting corner upon numbers or sock stripes, either home or road.
*Broncos had no TV numbers upon home jerseys.
~~~Well, thats it for a story lesson. All we can say is WOW. Outstanding bid Mr. Richard Pearson. Its clear to me which a once as good as destiny FUPP website will be getting an outstanding resource in you, as good as when combined with Tim Brulias yeoman investigate as good as a peculiarity striking artist, we can demeanour brazen to an historical jot down which will opposition which of Marc Okkonen. (And might be even surpass it). Tip of a cap to we gentlemen, for this initial salvo. Im certain a project, when it eventually does come to fruition, will be good value a wait for for those uni watchers (and non-uni watchers) who have been watchful for something similar to this since good forever.
What say YOU, Uni Watch community? How freakin good was this? Big turn of acclaim for both Ricko as good as Timmy B!
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UW #1 Seahawks Fan Michael Princip has been tracking a Oregon Ducks as good as all of their 2,456 probable unvaried combinations this season. Hell be updating it after any game. Oregon continued upon a winning streak, superfluous unbeaten in PAC-10 play as good as receiving Washington behind a woodshed this week, with a 43-19 buttwhoopin. Look for Oregon to pierce up from a 11-spot in a rankings as good as in to to a Top 10. The Ducktracker is right divided updated.
Our male in a street, Jim Vilk brings we his Top 5 Best as good as a singular WORST college football uni matchup from yesterday:
5. USF/Pitt: Bulls have been flourishing upon me, whilst Pitt is a script divided from being awesome-looking.
4. Indiana/Northwestern: A miss of Northwestern striping kept this from being rated higher.
3. Tennessee/Alabama: Oh, Bamaif we would have let a Vols wear orange we could have been #1.
2. Auburn/LSU: Tigers win this conflict of a unis
1. Iowa State/Nebraska: Cyclones blew me divided with this look, whilst a Huskers remain classic.
And a misfortune one: Ball State/Eastern Michigan: A conflict of winless teams in some-more ways than one.
~~~~~~~~~~OK thats all for today. Apologize for a miss of extras yet indispensable to get this loaded early. Everyone have a good Sunday. Dont forgot to nominate your Worst Uni Ever (see yesterdays post for details). Two legacy games today, and a ALCS resumes, following a rainout yesterday.
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