guest23 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Here's the aforementioned uniform unveilingMarino's wearing the wrong pants (though nice job on the period accurate high tops), Taylor's wearing the wrong socks. Except for wearing the world's biggest football jersey I think Griese is okay, but it's weird that they chose to give him the orange dominant socks that were only worn for some of 1973. Those uniforms were far more associated with the striped aqua socks that they wore all the way up until going solid in 1987.The Dolphins used orange socks as part of their Thanksgiving throwbacks in 2003. Why they did a throwback to 1973 instead of 1972? I don't know. Either way, it's likely the Dolphins had and extra pair lying around so they gave them to Griese.That's exactly what Bob is wearing. He's got the thanksgiving throwback socks and pants on with an original game jersey (not sure if game worn) obviously you can tell by the fit and materials. Also notice the slight yellow tint of the jersey. It's pretty likely the equipment manager had to pull together some looks based on what they had on hand and this seemed like an adequate solution for a press event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Pinstripes Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The Dolphins used orange socks as part of their Thanksgiving throwbacks in 2003. Why they did a throwback to 1973 instead of 1972? I don't know. Either way, it's likely the Dolphins had and extra pair lying around so they gave them to Griese.Ummmmmm ... 30 years instead of 31 a good enough reason?Ummmmmm... maybe. But seeing as everybody makes such a huge deal about the 1972 perfect season, and seeing as 73 was the ONLY year during that glory-years era that they wore the orange socks, it seems peculiar.A number of Dolphin players from that 1972 team, including Bob Griese, have stated they felt the 12-2 1973 club was stronger than the unbeaten team. In fact, the '73 Dolphins were more dominant in the postseason than the year before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Fun League Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Reebok never made authentic Dolphins jerseys with only the NFL shield at the collar. The collar should have the NFL Equipment logo if it's a true 2002-2012 Reebok jersey.Reebok did make on-field Dolphins jerseys with only the NFL shield at the collar in 2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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