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UNIFORM HISTORYCOMMUNITYADMIN. &COACHESVETERANSDRAFT &FREE AGENTS2012 REVIEW1959-60: New head coach Vince Lombardi revamps uniforms;basic design and colors (including dark forest green) are still in placetoday. Early Lombardi scheme did not include helmet logo,and called for three-striped designon socks; all players were asked towear same-style cleats. In 1959road games only, socks abovestriping were white (tops ofsocks have been green forall games since ’60).1961-65: Few changes,other than the team’s firstand only helmet logo, whichmade its debut in 1961; by 1965,most players were wearing fivestripes on their socks.1960s1969: The Packers, with the rest ofthe league, wore a <strong>com</strong>memorative logoon top of their left shoulder, signifying theleague’s 50th anniversary.1970: Conforming with league mandate, thePackers and the rest of the newly merged<strong>NFL</strong> applied names to the backs of jerseys.1974: Majority of players began wearing white shoes.1975: Three stripes (green-white-green) onpants grew noticeably wider, bymore than an inch.PACKERS HELMETS19761980: Helmet face maskchanged from gray to green.1981: Socks lost gold and whitestriping; shifted to plain, solid green.Art and most research courtesy Maple LeafProductions, Ltd., and Tom Pigeon1984-87New head coach Forrest Gregg madethe most changes to the uniform sinceLombardi in 1959; team added logo tofloat on each sleeve’s striping, uniformnumbers to rest on each hip, and alteredpants striping to include gold. “TV numbers”moved from arm to shoulder and agold and white collar-enhanced neckline.1988: The G remained on the sleeve, butthe pants lost the uniform number. Theteam added a single gold ring to its socks.1989: Pre-1984 striping (green-whitegreen)returned to pants; G logo disappearedfrom sleeves.1991: Small <strong>NFL</strong> shield added to V of neck.1992: Solid green socks returned.1993: Packers displayed logo markingteam’s 75th anniversary, on upperleft chest.1994: Packers displayed logo marking<strong>NFL</strong>’s 75th anniversary, on upper left chest.19961997-2001Team for first time since 1958played as a unit with only threestripes on sleeve (shifting downfrom five stripes); <strong>NFL</strong> shieldadded to lower left thigh.2002: “<strong>NFL</strong> Equipment” insigniareplaced the <strong>NFL</strong> shield on the jerseyneck and pants thigh.2003: “Rebirth of a Legend” patchworn on chest for first game inrededicated Lambeau Field.2007: “Lambeau Field 50th Anniversary” patch wornon chest for all home games.Ray Nitschke & Bart Starr1960sUNIFORMHISTORYCurly Lambeau,early 1920sTony Canadeo, mid-late1940sLAMBEAUFIELDBilly Howton,early 1950sWillie Buchanon,mid 1970sMISC.Johnny Blood,late 1920s – early 30sDon Hutson,mid 1930s –early 1940sLynn Dickey,early 1980sBrett Favre, early-mid 1990s552

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