Football Archaeology of Ugly Uniforms

 The first thing we usually notice when we flick on a game is trying to identify the team's with the color of uniforms that they are wearing. What about if the teams uni is hideous? Today we talk with historian Timothy Brown and his Football Archaeology of the ugliest period in gridiron uniforms ever!

Timothy Brown's FootballArchaeology.com has a daily football factoid that he shares that are really quite interesting in a short read. They preserve football history in a very unique way and we are quite happy that Tim has agreed to join us each week to go over some of his Today's Tidbits. Click that link and you can subscribe for free to receive them yourself each evening.

In this edition Tim goes over a period of football history when there were some uniform jerseys that by today's standards were just awful to look at. Poor color schemes, stripes in all directions and just no sense of gridiron fashion. The reasons were many including new dyeing techniques for color usage, new materials such as silk being used and the helpful friction patches to aid in ball protection were starting to be used as fashion statements were thought to help aesthetics. Strips , stripes and colors went on to adorn the pigskin jerseys for years to come. Listen in as Tim tells it  much better and by the way check out his post in  this subject and see all the photos he has lined up here.

Photo is of Football game between the Montreal Indians and the Toronto Argonauts at McGill University's Molson Stadium in Montreal, Canada circa 1937. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

The banner photo is of Football game between the Montreal Indians and the Toronto Argonauts at McGill University's Molson Stadium in Montreal, Canada circa 1937. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

A Very Special thanks to information obtained from Timothy Brown and his FootballArchaeology.com website.