powersurge Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Okay, here's what I know since the merger...The Bears have used their current font since then, maybe a minor change here or there, but not enough to notice.[snip] Except that the Bears did wear a block font on their road uniforms at some point in the late 60s and/or early 70s. I hated it.Here's the best I could find on short notice - it's from '72 or thereabouts based on the Packer QBI wondered about that. I have a navy 60s-70s #41 Bears jersey (Brian Piccolo) that has the block numbers.The Raiders also used a rounded-number font in the early 1960's AFL days:Those are some rather large numbers. Does my screen need recalibrating or does that look like Navy and Orange? IOW, the Chicago Bears and not the Raiders. Was that guy traded from the year before or something? That looks like a Bears font if I'm not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 The Raiders were black and gold-ish their first few seasons, before replacing gold with silver.It does look a lot like the Bears, but it's definitey black and not navy. Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSky Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Oakland's 1961 uni's: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc49erfan15 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Does my screen need recalibrating or does that look like Navy and Orange? IOW, the Chicago Bears and not the Raiders. Was that guy traded from the year before or something? That looks like a Bears font if I'm not mistaken. Some more early Raiders: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRose5 Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Oakland's 1961 uni's: The sleeve stripes should be white outlined. I guess Craig forgot to edit it.JR5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totc Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Okay, here's what I know since the merger...The Bears have used their current font since then, maybe a minor change here or there, but not enough to notice.[snip] Except that the Bears did wear a block font on their road uniforms at some point in the late 60s and/or early 70s. I hated it.Here's the best I could find on short notice - it's from '72 or thereabouts based on the Packer QBI wondered about that. I have a navy 60s-70s #41 Bears jersey (Brian Piccolo) that has the block numbers.The Raiders also used a rounded-number font in the early 1960's AFL days:Those are some rather large numbers. Those jerseys are reflected in the uniform database, but I always thought the card companies airbrushed these. Am I dead wrong on this? The 1960 Raiders looked a lot like Da Bears .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sec19Row53 Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Those jerseys are reflected in the uniform database, but I always thought the card companies airbrushed these. Am I dead wrong on this? The 1960 Raiders looked a lot like Da Bears .... Given the same scoreboard in the background on at least three of those cards, I'd say they were all posed at the same time/place, making it unlikely that they did THAT much airbrushing (i.e., all of the uniforms). It's where I sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totc Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Good point.Anyhoo, didn't the old New York Yanks have rounded numbers? I saw an NFL Films feature where they wore navy at home, powder blue on the road with the same slightly-rounded number font. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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