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ALL-TIME UNIFORMS, HELMETS AND COLORS1921-221923-24: Plain, gold jerseywith nine thin navy-bluestripes on each sleeve; goldleggings, dark gold pants.1925-26: First recordeduniform numbers; dark goldshirts with wide navy-bluestrip covering shoulder andcollar, cut off at top of eacharm; tall, gold leggings; lightgold pants.1927-28: Elaborate, jockey-like jerseys,with inverted triangle tracing clavicles,and 13 blue and gold vertical stripesfrom chest to stomach; faded bluecanvas pants; gold socks with twoblue stripes.1929-301931-33: Totally plain jerseys(dark navy-blue), large whitenumerals on back; gold pants;plain, dark navy-blue socks. In 1934,the team added to the scheme large,white numerals on the chest.1935-36: Team introduced green, and changed jerseys duringseason; began with plain dark green jersey with gold numbersand green pants, then shifted to green-vested shirts with brightgold sleeves (from neck to wrist), numbers and pants, and tall,plain green socks.1937-49Throwback jersey worn in 1994,NFL’s 75th anniversary; modeledafter late ’30s uniform, satinchestedwith cloth arms, gold pants,and two gold stripes on high navysocks; Packers also wore similar whiteuniforms (not necessarilly only on road),with bright gold numbers and faded goldshoulders; in the late ’40s, the team stillused this design.1939During World War II, the team usedthree alternate jerseys (these two,and another white design), complementingthe trademark blue uniformmade famous by the incomparableDon Hutson (picturedin lower left column). ThePackers wore white athome several times untilthe league signed majortelevision contracts inthe late 1950s.1946-491950: “We arethe Green BayPackers,” said newcoach Gene Ronzani,who solidified green into the color scheme. Old gold shirts withgreen numerals, green pants with bright gold stripe, gold sockswith green stripes. Still used leather helmet.1951-52Team also employed varyingcombinations of metallic golduniform with green numbers,shiny green pants with goldstripe, or metallic gold pantswith single green stripe, andgreen socks with two gold rings.Modern metallic gold helmetintroduced.1953: Brighter green shirts withsame striping and thicker gold numbers;team continued to vary its combinations.The Packers also had availablea white jersey, saving it mostly for late-season West Coast trips.1954-57: Navy-blue jersey, with new three-stripe design in dirtymustard gold on sleeves, socks and helmets, and matching goldpants. For 1956 opener vs. Detroit, Packers break out green jerseywith white pants and white helmets, but never wear again until’58. “TV numbers” on shoulder appear in ’56 for first time. Teamused its older green jerseys and gold pants (from the early ’50s) inseveral road games. In 1957, Packers began consistently wearingwhite on road, for television.1958: New coach Scooter McLean brings back same green uniformsused in 1956 opener (white pants, white helmet).COMMUNITYUNIFORM HISTORYADMIN. &COACHESDRAFT &VETERANS FREE AGENTS 2012 REVIEWTHIRD JERSEYOriginally unveiled to the public at Fan Fest in March 2010, the Packers developed a third jersey and uniform which served as are-creation of the team’s uniform from 1929, the year of Green Bay’s first world championship. The Packers donned the third jerseyfor their showdown with the San Francisco 49ers in Week 13 of the 2010 season and against the St. Louis Rams in Week 6 of the2011 season. In 2013, the Packers will dress in this uniform against the Cleveland Browns onOctober 20 after not wearing them during the 2012 season.The 1929 season marked the first of three consecutive titles, as the Packers recorded a34-5-2 cumulative record in official league games from 1929-31. For the game, the jerseywas navy blue with the number on the front inside a gold circle. The circle and number wereenlarged a bit from their 1929 size to comply with NFL regulations regarding jersey numbers.An enlarged number was also on the back, with a nameplate above the number, anothermodification that wasn’t present in 1929. The helmet was a solid brown color without a logo tobest simulate the leather helmets worn during the era and the uniform pants were a tan color.The 1929 team would have been proud of the performance put on by their modern-daycounterparts against San Francisco, as the Packers defeated the 49ers by a score of 34-16.NFL teams are allowed to have a third jersey that they can wear for up to three games perseason (no more than two home games) over a five-year period. The re-creation of a historicaljersey was a coordinated effort between the administration and the football operationsheaded by General Manager Ted Thompson. Working through the league, the team startedthe process roughly one year in advance of the announcement, wanting to focus on a historicaljersey that had not been previously used in “throwback” games.In 1994, the team wore 1937 uniforms as part of the NFL’s 75th anniversary season. In their 2001 Thanksgiving game in Detroit,the Packers wore replicas of their 1939 uniforms.551UNIFORMHISTORYLAMBEAUFIELD MISC.