tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063384886080998502.post4371530247507684755..comments2024-01-31T23:41:18.447-05:00Comments on The Wearing Of the Green (and Gold): A Look Ahead - By the NumbersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063384886080998502.post-30777670761889910042011-06-03T13:51:35.840-04:002011-06-03T13:51:35.840-04:00Thanks, Bill. That's part of what I'm try...Thanks, Bill. That's part of what I'm trying to put together - the next step is to match number styles with manufacturers to build a timeline of Packer uniform suppliers.<br /><br />I know Lombardi's brother worked for Rawlings by the time Vince took over the Redskins (which is how Washington ended up <a href="http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/1969/0728_large.jpg" rel="nofollow">looking like Green Bay</a>), but I'm not aware of the Packers ordering from them at the time. <br /><br />And, of course, by the end of the 1960s the Packers had more or less stabilized their number design and made it harder to track manufacturers. I still find it a little hard to believe that pro football teams would just adopt the house number style of the suppliers, but that was the time.Chance Michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10966440868955201628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063384886080998502.post-24772734293434843142011-06-01T17:46:44.641-04:002011-06-01T17:46:44.641-04:00Chance:
If memory and prior review of team picture...Chance:<br />If memory and prior review of team pictures is correct, the jersey Emlen Tunnell is wearing is from 1959, and Kramer's is from 1960. If you check various team pictures and in Eric Goska's Packer Legends book, you will notice quite a few players wearing jersey's with different fonts on the number. Max McGee especially is seen in several pictures wearing what I believe is a 1960 jersey in later years.<br /><br />Bill WalshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063384886080998502.post-17264654550108253712011-05-04T10:35:36.368-04:002011-05-04T10:35:36.368-04:00Tom, that's such a great catch I'm going t...Tom, that's such a great catch I'm going to update the body of the article to include it. Thanks again!Chance Michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10966440868955201628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063384886080998502.post-67537560579316589182011-05-04T09:48:17.664-04:002011-05-04T09:48:17.664-04:00Thanks!
I knew it was the Coliseum, but didn'...Thanks!<br /><br />I knew it was the Coliseum, but didn't know if it was their December 6, 1959 game against the Rams or the 1960 game. But clinching the Western makes perfect sense - I should have realized that and made the connection.Chance Michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10966440868955201628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063384886080998502.post-59894378406672212302011-05-03T22:41:09.809-04:002011-05-03T22:41:09.809-04:00Chance, they're carrying Lombardi off after cl...Chance, they're carrying Lombardi off after clinching the Western Conference title on Dec. 17, 1960 with a win over the Rams. You can see one side of the L.A. Coliseum peristyle entrance at the extreme right of the photo.<br /><br />I had noticed the sans-serif on a few of the 1960 jerseys, but I hadn't noticed that they were mixing serif and sans-serif.Tom Farleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02587541338219405553noreply@blogger.com