Graham_Clayton Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 When colour television was introduced to Australia in 1975, the Victorian Football League gave all clubs permission to use coloured shorts, instead of sticking to the traditional black and/or white shorts. One of the few clubs to change was Essendon, who used red shorts instead of black for the season:They returned to black shorts for the 1976 season, and continue wearing them today.With colour television becoming reasonably popular in the mid 1960's in the United States, did many American teams change their uniforms around this time so that they would stand out more on colour TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 The one that immediately comes to mind is the Dallas Cowboys, who came up with silver-green pants that were optimized for color TV reception. They've kept them through changes in television cameras and textiles, and now they look a little strange. I like the shade, personally; it's unique.I suppose you could argue that powder blue road uniforms in baseball came into vogue as color television did, but I'm not sure how much of that had to do with color TV; the Dodgers and a few other teams had dipped their toes in the water in the '40s and '50s. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruColor Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 The one that immediately comes to mind is the Dallas Cowboys, who came up with silver-green pants that were optimized for color TV reception. They've kept them through changes in television cameras and textiles, and now they look a little strange. I like the shade, personally; it's unique.What the Cowboys came up back in the '60s was a unique shade of what they called "Metallic Blue"; over the years, the home pants have evolved into the crap-fest that is now referred to as "Silver-Green". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 If this isn't a "Made For Color TV" uniform, I don't know what is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I think this was one of the first, according to the owner himself...(That last image is a beautiful piece of work. Lord, I love me some garish baseball uniforms) http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 (That last image is a beautiful piece of work. Lord, I love me some garish baseball uniforms)That's always struck me. You seem to be quite traditional in football but, as you say here, love baseball uniforms that buck tradition. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sec19Row53 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 IIRC, the white outline on the Lions' logo and the orange addition to the Bears' wishbone C were added for TV purposes. It's where I sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discrim Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Not exactly color TV, but done for TV purposes nonetheless...black and white TV is why all NFL teams have a white jersey, and to a lesser extent, why most Americans consider white a neutral color. In 1957, the NFL forced its teams to adopt a white jersey to wear for away games. Before then, most teams wore their colored jerseys for almost all games, and in some cases, both teams would wear similarly (or identically) colored shirts anyway (thus, Packers-Bears games where both teams wore navy were rather common). The Rams had attempted to fight this, partially, as they'd been wearing gold jerseys pre-57. They adopted blue jerseys, but wanted to keep their gold set as well, though the league forced them to get white jerseys like everybody else. A strong mind gets high off success, a weak mind gets high off bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_RH_ Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I don't have any link or proof of this being true, but I've always heard that the NHL had home teams wear white jerseys so that viewers at home (in front of their new color tv) could see a various jersey color worn by the opposing team every game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 (That last image is a beautiful piece of work. Lord, I love me some garish baseball uniforms)Poor Joe D. He has the look of someone who realizes he's stayed too long at a party. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 (That last image is a beautiful piece of work. Lord, I love me some garish baseball uniforms)Poor Joe D. He has the look of someone who realizes he's stayed too long at a party.True... here's a couple more like that... http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersurge Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I think this was one of the first, according to the owner himself...(That last image is a beautiful piece of work. Lord, I love me some garish baseball uniforms)I'm sure that the pendulum will swing back to that type of uni soon enough with the direction we are going. At some point in time some hot shot genius designer (I say that tongue in cheek of course) will say "Hey, look at all of this yellow and orange they used back in the day!!! YELLOW AND ORANGE ARE THE NEW GREY!!!!!!$@#$@#"It'll happen....trust me...and somehow it will suck because they will inevitably try to put some modern twist into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Yeah, what I like about that stuff (late 60's baseball uniforms) was that they still used the old styling, but added new bright colors. When a team (in any sport, really) tries to go "out there" today, they usually push the boundaries in terms of style/template/fabric/etc. but with muted and boring colors. I'm looking for the day we can flip that... traditional style but push the envelope with color choice. http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I don't know if it was color tv so much as the materials used for the uniforms. At least for baseball, polyester seemed to offer a bigger selection of color options than flannel.I think the Expos and Brewers were the first teams to bring powder blue uniforms into consistent use in 1970, and that was about the time of the material switch.But for sports where multiple players of both teams are in play simultaneously, like football and basketball, I'm sure TV was a huge factor in white vs dark contests. Black & white tv required a lot of contrast between uniforms. For example, blue vs green would be really hard to tell unless the image was really sharp, and the uniforms had enough distinct markings.Even color tv itself wasn't as common in households until the early to mid 70s. There are plenty of news clips around that time that were still shown in black & white. And magazines like Sports Illustrated and the Sporting News weren't full color cover-to-cover.But once more households bought color tv, and the print magazines became full color, then fans could really see how bright (and sometimes garish) the teams were dressing.And then 30 years later, teams got sick of color and brought back black and anthracite to everything Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeseHusker Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Essendon wore the red shorts up to about 1981/82, then went back to black. They've also occasionally experimented with them again for one-off occasions in the last 5-10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopard88 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Interesting hat. I don't think I've ever seen that one before. Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017 ///// Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mojo Maniac Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Interesting hat. I don't think I've ever seen that one before.That was the '72 Sunday alternate. It's part of the holy grail for hat collectors, and I've never seen it anywhere else besides this photo plus a few limited others in action shots of the players. From San Berdoo to Kalamazoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest23 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 (That last image is a beautiful piece of work. Lord, I love me some garish baseball uniforms)Poor Joe D. He has the look of someone who realizes he's stayed too long at a party.True... here's a couple more like that...I agree that those pics are sad...Although I can think of two stars that transitioned successfully from flannel to double knit. Pete Rose and Reggie Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 (That last image is a beautiful piece of work. Lord, I love me some garish baseball uniforms)Poor Joe D. He has the look of someone who realizes he's stayed too long at a party.True... here's a couple more like that...I agree that those pics are sad...Although I can think of two stars that transitioned successfully from flannel to double knit. Pete Rose and Reggie JacksonSad? I didn't say that. http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest23 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 (That last image is a beautiful piece of work. Lord, I love me some garish baseball uniforms)Poor Joe D. He has the look of someone who realizes he's stayed too long at a party.True... here's a couple more like that...I agree that those pics are sad...Although I can think of two stars that transitioned successfully from flannel to double knit. Pete Rose and Reggie JacksonSad? I didn't say that.sorry for the presumption on my part but other than Don Z the other two legends look sad in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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