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There were also special tear-away jerseys (although these weren't them), made mostly famous by Alabama in the late 1960s and early '70s. What were they made of, or how was it they were able to tear so easily?

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There were also special tear-away jerseys (although these weren't them), made mostly famous by Alabama in the late 1960s and early '70s. What were they made of, or how was it they were able to tear so easily?

They were made of a very lightweight cotton that had the consistantcy of a threadbare t-shirt. Campbell wore those and not the fishnet style, the fishnet mesh was, as stated, pretty strong. The tear-aways would give just as your pull reached its apex.

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I wre those as practice jerseys and heres the problems I faced. 1) theyre ugly (2 They DID tear way easier than the regular small holed mesh(Or no holed mesh as on my varsity jerseys) 3) They were terribly uncomfortable. They bunched up like crazy, the material tended to rub your skin raw, and it (despite the holes) was hot.

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Those might win for the stupidest looking uniform innovation ever.

Also, we had those as practice jerseys for my high school football team, and I dislocated a finger once grabbing on to them. However, they were great to wear during summer two-a-days - much cooler than the standard type.

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QUOTE(winghaz @ Saturday, April 21st, 2007 - 17:39:25)

There were also special tear-away jerseys (although these weren't them), made mostly famous by Alabama in the late 1960s and early '70s. What were they made of, or how was it they were able to tear so easily?

They were made of a very lightweight cotton that had the consistantcy of a threadbare t-shirt. Campbell wore those and not the fishnet style, the fishnet mesh was, as stated, pretty strong. The tear-aways would give just as your pull reached its apex.

our high school had the cotton t-shirt tearaways too......before each game the equipment managers would cut little holes in strategic spots (armpits, neck, etc) so they'd tear more easily.....didn't help much, we stlll sucked. our coach also had the o-line paint their gloves the same color of the opposing teams jerseys...so the ref couldn't see them holding......he knew all the tricks...still couldn't help the fact the he was a horrible coach....

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our high school had the cotton t-shirt tearaways too......before each game the equipment managers would cut little holes in strategic spots (armpits, neck, etc) so they'd tear more easily.....didn't help much, we stlll sucked. our coach also had the o-line paint their gloves the same color of the opposing teams jerseys...so the ref couldn't see them holding......he knew all the tricks...still couldn't help the fact the he was a horrible coach....

ah...I wonder if this was one of the reasons high school and college ball only permit gray gloves now? :therock:

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Can't find a pic but I remember seeing a play where the Oilers' Earl Campbell breaks a bunch of tackles and guys are grabbing his jersey and by the end of the run he's basically wearing nothing but pads. And that was in the pros where if memory serves tearaways were never legal so that must have taken some strength to rip that jersey off. :blink:

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While I haven't been able to find a picture of one in action, here's an interesting article on the end of the tear-away jersey in the NFL:

THE GREG PRUITT RULE - Greg Pruitt wasn?t the only NFL running back or wide receiver to wear a tear-away jersey in the ?70s, many did. But it seemed Pruitt used the ?T-shirts with numbers? to better advantage than the others. Browns equipment manager Chuck Cusick used to order the scatback's No. 34 shirts by the dozen. The ex-Sooner gained more than 1,000 yards each season from 1975-77 and racked up 960 yards in 1978 -- all this while scaring the bejabbers out of kick-cover teams as a kickoff and punt returner.

Well, by 1979 enough would-be tacklers, who usually ended up with a fistful of cotton instead of Pruitt, made enough of a stink that that season's rules did away with the type of jersey that was first pioneered by Tom Harmon of Michigan in the 1938-1940 era. A Pro Football Hall of Fame Photo Contest entry from the time depicts Pruitt about a yard-and-a-half away from a hopeful tackler, connected by only a length of stretched-out, stressed-out jersey.

The article came from this site. Also look here, which slightly contradicts the previous site.

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