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Post  Bill Schaefer Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:43 am

Add 1970 to the list with these black belts worn for black jerseys...
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/defensive-tackle-bubba-smith-of-the-baltimore-colts-rushes-news-photo/98414376

...and 1971 for the black jerseys
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/safety-phil-wise-of-the-new-york-jets-covers-wide-receiver-news-photo/80032311

...and 1972 for both jerseys...
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/oakland-raiders-quarterback-daryle-lamonica-looks-to-throw-news-photo/88297168
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/cincinnati-bengals-running-back-essex-johnson-bursts-news-photo/81338275

...and 1973 for both jerseys
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/miami-dolphins-qb-bob-griese-watches-his-pass-travel-vs-news-photo/153916594
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/running-back-o-j-simpson-of-the-buffalo-bills-carries-the-news-photo/149554329

...and 1974 for both jerseys
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/defensive-lineman-mike-reid-of-the-cincinnati-bengals-runs-news-photo/80333150
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/wide-receiver-john-mcdaniel-of-the-cincinnati-bengals-news-photo/80333380

...and 1975 black jerseys
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/quarterback-ken-anderson-of-the-cincinnati-bengals-turns-to-news-photo/104949446

...and 1976 white jerseys
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/cincinnati-bengals-fullback-boobie-clark-looks-for-room-to-news-photo/76135051

...but 1979 white jerseys look to gone with orange belts
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/riley-odoms-of-the-denver-broncos-against-the-cincinnati-news-photo/162016994

...and 1980 looks to BOTH be orange belts
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/running-back-john-cappelletti-of-the-san-diego-chargers-news-photo/103749818
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/rookie-offensive-tackle-anthony-munoz-of-the-cincinnati-news-photo/143268111

The good news is it doesn't look like the style in question was worn in 1969...
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/cincinnati-bengals-paul-robinson-in-action-rushing-vs-news-photo/163688311

So to summarize the Bengals...
1969 - normal black belts
1970 - 1976 - new style pants/belts with black belts for all combos
1977 - 1978 - black belts worn in new style with white jersey combos
- orange belts worn in new style with black jersey combos
1979-1980 - orange belts worn with new style with both jersey combos.

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Post  Bill Schaefer Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:07 pm

It appears that 1975 is the first appearance of the different style.
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 197510

In 1974 they weren't there...
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 197410

Of note, it seems they always used a blue belt, even when paired with the red pants in 1979-80
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 1979_r10Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 1980_r10

and from 1984-87 and 1990-92 (see in above posts)

Patriots summary...
New pants/belt style from 1975-1992 using blue belts only.

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Post  bigbluelarry Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:58 pm

Cripes! This goes back further than we thought...the Jets wore this style going back to at least Super bowl III.

Jets vs Baltimore Super Bowl III 1/12/69
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Bubba_smith_1969_01_12

Jets @ San Diego 9/28/69
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Post  bigbluelarry Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:01 pm

Some more early Jets...

eNew England @ Jets 10/29/67--- Jets wearing normal pants w/white belts
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Joe_namath_1967_09_01

Jets @ San Diego 12/24/67
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Speedy_duncan_1967_12_24

Oakland @ Jets 12/29/68 AFL Championship Game---Jets wearing "peel-a-boo" pants, bets are green
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Ben_davidson_1968_12_29

Jets @ San Diego 9/28/69
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Don_maynard_1969_09_28

Cincinnati @ Jets 11/23/69
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Bobby_hunt_1969_11_23

Oakland @ Jets 11/30/69
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Daryle_lamonica_1969_10_30

Oakland @ Jets 12/6/70
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Al_woodall_1970_12_06

Jets @ Baltimore 12/19/70
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Bubba_smith_1970_12_19

Kansas City @ Jets 11/7/71 {Jets with a rare WAH for this era}
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Emerson_boozer_1971_11_07

Jets @ Miami 11/19/72
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Joe_namath_1972_11_19

Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Back_alley_john_1974_11_19

St.Louis @ Jets 11/23/75
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Terry_metcalf_1975_11_23

Jets @ New England 12/7/75
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Joe_namath_1975_12_07


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Post  Bill Schaefer Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:01 am

<SIGH>

OK, so it looks like we need to add 1968-78 Preseason to the list.
I had originally started at the 1978 regular season when the Jets unveiled there new uniforms.

I guess this makes the Jets the originators of the style, right?

Another thing, Larry...
Your 1967 photos show white belts.
How far back was it that they began the white belts?
Surely not the 1st 2 years as the Titans, but after that...?

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Post  bigbluelarry Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:25 am

Bill Schaefer wrote:
I guess this makes the Jets the originators of the style, right?

Yep, looks that way.
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Post  bigbluelarry Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:23 pm

Jets belt colors from 1964 - couldn't find anything from 1963:

Denver @ Jets 9/12/64 they look to be white...
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Corbis-U1440265

Kansas City @ Jets 9/18/65 both teams are white...
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Corbis-U1487875

Houston @ Jets 11/21/65
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Corbis-BE059593

Houston @ Jets 9/18/66 Namath with the impressive vertical!!!
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Corbis-BE059584
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Post  John C Thu Mar 21, 2013 5:12 pm

Exposed belts were very popular with the AFL/AFC teams going back to the 1960s. It also wasn't unusual for some players to have exposed belts while others did not in a given year. I don't have an account for Getty images, plus they do have issues with dates - I wouldn't trust the dates of a lot of their stuff; I once turned up a January 1970 dated photo of Bill Walton as a San Diego Clipper on Getty - something that is 100% impossible.

So - here are the years I recall that someone with an account can look up for verification:

AFC East:

Buffalo Bills - look for just two years, but they are significant years: 1973 and 1974 - covers Simpson's 2003 yard season, the first year of the "charging buffalo" headstock logo, and the years where the Utah stripes on the white jersey were red with blue outlines (instead of blue with red outlines). Blue belts on the white pants, red belts on the blue pants. I don't believe these were worn in 1972, and they definitely were gone with the 1975 redesign.

Miami Dolphins - I think you have it down; 1973 through 1987. They dropped the exposed belt when they got the aqua pants. Now it's hard to figure out the aqua belt versus orange belt, but it was mostly aqua with the white jersey and orange with the aqua jersey, but there could be a season or two where they only wore the aqua belt.

New England Patriots - I think the exposed belt goes back to the start of the screened-on stripe jerseys so try finding photos from 1973 and 1974. We know they have them by 1975, and they were worn all the way to the end of Pat Patriot in 1992.

New York Jets - If I'm remembering the Super Bowl III film correctly not all of the Jets were wearing exposed belts in that game. They were likely the first; I think Namath started it because that was how Alabamas pants were (and they would attach the hip pads to the pants with the belt instead of putting them in the girdle. The only years where they didn't have exposed belts would be the added black years (1990-1997); they currently use exposed belts.

AFC North:

The Balitmore Ravens, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers have never had exposed belts.

Cincinnati Bengals - I think the exposed belts start in 1973 for them; I know I've seen photos from 1974. Mostly black belts, but orange belts worn some games - I think they were more random as I've seen the orange with both black and white jerseys. Note that some players in 1980 have pants with wider stripes that don't have the exposed belts. Exposed belts eliminated in 1981 with the original tiger striped jerseys. EDIT: I had issues with the photos in the other thread yesterday; of course they start in 1970. Embarassed

AFC South:

The Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Tennessee Titans/Houston Oilers have never used exposed belts.

Indianapolis Colts - I think you have this one detailed pretty well - start the exposed belts in 1982 (the silver home pants and white pants with blue/silver/blue stripes). It looks like you have the proper belt usage for that era. The maintained blue exposed belts when they dropped the silver in 1988, and they briefly wore those blue pants with white belts in 1995. Exposed belts dropped (and back to white belts) in 2004.

AFC West:

The Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs/Dallas Texans, and Oakland/LA/Oakland Raiders have never had exposed belts.

San Diego Chargers - They currently have exposed belts; navy with the navy striped white pants and the navy pants, powder blue with the power blue striped white pants. However, they do go back beyond 1985; the last year of the yellow pants in 1984 have exposed belts (these have the solid blue side panel with the white bolt inside it). They might go back a season or two earlier than that - start the search in 1979 when they went back to having bolts on the pants.

I can't recall any NFC team with exposed belts for any length of time - I think that some but not all Falcons had them for a few years in the mid-80s; it might correspond to the start of the black facemasks. Also some of these guys had red/white/black/white/red striped belts that matched the stripes on the white jerseys. Also did the Saints have exposed belts for the first season of the white pants? Thats all I can remember from the NFC; they mostly stayed away from that exposed belt style.


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Post  bigbluelarry Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:01 am

John C wrote:
Buffalo Bills - look for just two years, but they are significant years: 1973 and 1974 - covers Simpson's 2003 yard season, the first year of the "charging buffalo" headstock logo, and the years where the Utah stripes on the white jersey were red with blue outlines (instead of blue with red outlines). Blue belts on the white pants, red belts on the blue pants. I don't believe these were worn in 1972, and they definitely were gone with the 1975 redesign.

checked out '73 - '74 for Buffalo:
Buffalo @ New England 9/16/73 blue pants with exposed red belt
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 O_j_simpson_1973_09_16

Buffalo @ San Diego 9/23/73 blue pants, blue belt (can't tell if it's exposed or not)
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 O_j_simpson_1973_09_23

Buffalo @ Miami 10/21/73 white pants, belts not exposed
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Bill_stanfill_1973_10_21

Miami @ Buffalo 9/22/74 white pants with exposed blue belt
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Larry_csonka_1974_09_22

Buffalo @ LA Rams 12/15/74 blue pants with exposed red belt
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 O_j_simpson_1974_12_15

Buffalo @ New England 11/3/74 blue pants with exposed red belt
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Mack_herron_1974_11_17

I'm pretty busy today, I don't know if I'll have time to dig more. We need more pics of the '73 Bills in white pants.

Regarding the belt colors, I believe it's red belts with blue pants and blue belts with white pants. The pic of OJ and Deacon Jones with OJ wearing a blue with blue is an anomaly. All the other pics of the Bills in blue pants had them with red belts.
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Post  bigbluelarry Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:43 am

Buffalo @ San Diego 9/23/73 Simpson blue belt, teammate red belt
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I'm not finding many pics of Buffalo in white pants for '73...can anyone take a guess here?
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Again, Joe Ferguson wearing the normal style, but it could just be him...
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Buffalo @ Atlanta 12/2/73
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Post  Agnetha Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:42 pm

Another thing these photos reveal is that the Dolphins' orange pants stripes were a more yellowish-orange than the stripes on their jerseys and socks, which were a more reddish-orange, from at least 1977 to 1982. The oranges seemed to be matched in the early '70s and matched again after '82.

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Post  bigbluelarry Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:57 pm

Patriots for '73 - '74 look to be normal pants:

New England vs San Francisco Hall of Fame Game @ Canton 7/28/73
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Jim_plunkett_1973_07_28

New England @ Miami 9/30/73
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Josh_ashton_1973_09_30

Buffalo @ New England 11/3/74
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Post  John C Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:23 pm

Excellent work - I need to get some accounts at these photo archive sites. I wasn't sure about the Patriots; I think that shows proof that they didn't go to the exposed belts until 1975.

Buffalo - it almost looks like the blue pants were exposed belts but the white ones were not in 1973, then the white ones change for 1974.

Also, one thing that makes this research difficult is players seemed to have more individual modifications back then. For example, Joe Washington pretty much modded his pants to have an exposed belt when he was with the Colts in 1978-1980 - but no other Colt had an exposed belt back then. He might have even done it with the Chargers, but he didn't do it with the Redskins.

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Post  bigbluelarry Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:53 pm

John C wrote:Excellent work - I need to get some accounts at these photo archive sites.

Hi John - the sites are free. Spokeo, Getty, US Presswire (now USA Today Sports), AP Images, Corbis all let you browse until your heart is content!

One other thing I noticed about the Jets --- the green stripes on the pants from the 60's through '71 were thinner with more white between them. Starting in '72 the green-white-green striping was about equal.
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Post  Bill Schaefer Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:32 pm

As a follow up, I found this photo from 12/1/1963 showing NYJ in white belts.
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 1963_110

This confirms that NYJ went to white belts in 1963 until switching to the alternate style for 1968.

Summary:
1963-67 - normal white belts
1968-89 - alternate style with green belts
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Post  Bill Schaefer Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:43 pm

Regarding this latest find for Buffalo...

We are only talking about 2 years in total, right???

1973 - normal blue belt on white pants
- alternate style red belt on blue pants

1974 - alternate style blue belt on white pants
- alternate style red belt on blue pants

1975 - back to normal style pants/belts?
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Post  Bill Schaefer Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:24 pm

I want to make sure I have the up-to-date research correct so check me...

Colts
1981 - switched to a regular blue belt
1982-2003 - alternate style (peek-a-boo) blue belt for all pants
2004-2011 - switched to regular white belt

Dolphins
1973-1982 - orange peek-a-boo belt
1983-1988 - aqua peek-a-boo belt
1989-1996 - regular orange belt for white AND aqua pants

Jets
1963-1967 - white regular belts
1968-1989 - green 'peek-a-boo' belts
1998-2011 - green 'peek-a-boo' belts on white and green pants

Bengals
1970-1976 - black peek-a-boo belts
1977-1978 - black peek-a-boo belt worn with white jerseys & orange peek-a-boo belt worn with black jerseys
1979-1980 - orange peek-a-boo belts

Patriots
1975-1992 - blue peek-a-boo belts worn with both red and white pants

Chargers
1985-2011 - blue/navy peek-a-boo belts with both white and navy pants
** - white peek-a-boo belts worn with all powder throwback uniforms

Bills
1973 - regular blue belt on white pants; peek-a-boo red belt on blue pants
1974 - blue peek-a-boo belt on white pants; peek-a-boo red belt on blue pants
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Post  bigbluelarry Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:03 am

Bill Schaefer wrote:I want to make sure I have the up-to-date research correct so check me...

Colts
1981 - switched to a regular blue belt
1982-2003 - alternate style (peek-a-boo) blue belt for all pants
2004-2011 - switched to regular white belt

Dolphins
1973-1982 - orange peek-a-boo belt
1983-1988 - aqua peek-a-boo belt
1989-1996 - regular orange belt for white AND aqua pants

Jets
1963-1967 - white regular belts
1968-1989 - green 'peek-a-boo' belts
1998-2011 - green 'peek-a-boo' belts on white and green pants

Bengals
1970-1976 - black peek-a-boo belts
1977-1978 - black peek-a-boo belt worn with white jerseys & orange peek-a-boo belt worn with black jerseys
1979-1980 - orange peek-a-boo belts

Patriots
1975-1992 - blue peek-a-boo belts worn with both red and white pants

Chargers
1985-2011 - blue/navy peek-a-boo belts with both white and navy pants
** - white peek-a-boo belts worn with all powder throwback uniforms

Bills
1973 - regular blue belt on white pants; peek-a-boo red belt on blue pants
1974 - blue peek-a-boo belt on white pants; peek-a-boo red belt on blue pants

Sounds about right. Not bad for 5 days work, huh?
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Post  John C Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:43 pm

bigbluelarry wrote:
Bill Schaefer wrote:I want to make sure I have the up-to-date research correct so check me...

Colts
1981 - switched to a regular blue belt
1982-2003 - alternate style (peek-a-boo) blue belt for all pants
2004-2011 - switched to regular white belt

Dolphins
1973-1982 - orange peek-a-boo belt
1983-1988 - aqua peek-a-boo belt
1989-1996 - regular orange belt for white AND aqua pants

Jets
1963-1967 - white regular belts
1968-1989 - green 'peek-a-boo' belts
1998-2011 - green 'peek-a-boo' belts on white and green pants

Bengals
1970-1976 - black peek-a-boo belts
1977-1978 - black peek-a-boo belt worn with white jerseys & orange peek-a-boo belt worn with black jerseys
1979-1980 - orange peek-a-boo belts

Patriots
1975-1992 - blue peek-a-boo belts worn with both red and white pants

Chargers
1985-2011 - blue/navy peek-a-boo belts with both white and navy pants
** - white peek-a-boo belts worn with all powder throwback uniforms

Bills
1973 - regular blue belt on white pants; peek-a-boo red belt on blue pants
1974 - blue peek-a-boo belt on white pants; peek-a-boo red belt on blue pants

Sounds about right. Not bad for 5 days work, huh?

Definitely!!! I finally did sign up for the free accounts; when I did searches without an account I would wind up getting bounced out sometimes.

I think the only thing missing from the list is the Chargers 2007-2011 powder blue alt uniform (the modern alt, not the throwbacks) also had a white exposed belt.

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Post  John C Sat Mar 23, 2013 2:25 pm

Okay, I've got another team to add with exposed belts - the Atlanta Falcons. The era would be 1980, 1981 and maybe 1982. Getty doesn't have any shots from 1982 in their database, but I found these credited to 1980

From October 28, 1980:

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From September 13, 1981:

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By 1983 they are back to regular pants.

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Post  bigbluelarry Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:48 pm

Miami @ Atlanta 9/21/80 black belts w/white jersey
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Bob_baumhower_1980_09_21

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Jets @ Atlanta 10/12/80 red belts w/red jersey
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Mark_gastineau_1980_10_12

Washington @ Atlanta 11/30/30 red belts w/red jersey
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Steve_bartkowski_1980_12_01

San Francisco @ Atlanta 9/29/81 red belts with both jerseys now
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 5649404

Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 5649416

Giants @ Atlanta 10/25/81
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Don_smith_1981_10_25

Pittsburgh @ Atlanta 11/15/81
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Tom_beasley_1981_11_15

LA Raiders @ Atlanta 9/19/82
Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Steve_bartkowski_1982_09_01

Unusual Pants (did that get your attention?) - Page 2 Jim_plunkett_1982_09_19

Green Bay @ Atlanta 12/26/82
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Post  Bill Schaefer Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:16 pm

OK.
So we're adding...

1980 - black belts with white jerseys and red belts with red jerseys

1981 & 1982 - red belts with both jerseys
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Post  bigbluelarry Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:27 pm

Bill Schaefer wrote:OK.
So we're adding...

1980 - black belts with white jerseys and red belts with red jerseys

1981 & 1982 - red belts with both jerseys

I think that closes Atlanta.

By the way, since you're redoing almost all of the Jets catalog, did you catch that one observation I made about their pants stripes? Go ahead and look them over and decide yourself, but I think from '63 - '71 the green stripes on the pants are thinner and have more white between them. Starting in '72 they look to be more equal (thicker green, less white).
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Post  Bill Schaefer Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:12 pm

OK, BBL, here's how I see it - compared to the equal sized G-W-G stripes we have now for 1963-78 (preseason)...

I put some more white in between the greens for 1963-71.

What I saw for 1972+ still, to me, looked like the white was still a bit wider than each of the green stripes but there was less white showing between the greens.

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Post  bigbluelarry Mon Mar 25, 2013 6:19 pm

Bill Schaefer wrote:OK, BBL, here's how I see it - compared to the equal sized G-W-G stripes we have now for 1963-78 (preseason)...

I put some more white in between the greens for 1963-71.

What I saw for 1972+ still, to me, looked like the white was still a bit wider than each of the green stripes but there was less white showing between the greens.

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Magnificent - you nailed it!

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Post  Bill Schaefer Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:01 pm

Smile

It's what I do!

Please just tell me there are no more.
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Post  bigbluelarry Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:23 pm

Bill Schaefer wrote:Smile

It's what I do!

Please just tell me there are no more.

Don't worry, I'm not going to look anymore...I'm already overdue with my next blog and I don't want to get in trouble with Rob. Embarassed

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Post  bigbluelarry Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:49 am

I am apologizing in advance here Bill! I found this out by accident on the Giants website while reading about their new alternate pants for 2013. They showed a picture of Brad Van Pelt in 1976 wearing blue pants with a white belt, and I felt obligated to do some digging...

So, the Giants wore white belts with blue pants in 1975 and 1976 (normal, not peek-a-boo).

Giants @ Washington 9/28/75
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Giants @ LA Rams 9/26/76
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Giants @ Washington 10/23/77 all blue
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Giants @ St.Louis 10/31/77 all blue
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Giants @ Atlanta 10/1/78 all blue
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Post  Bill Schaefer Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:52 pm

Sigh.

Plain white belts is OK and quick no problem.

Is it just me or does that first photo look too 'blue' to not be...enhanced?

Also, do we know if they went with blue or white belts in the white pants these years?
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Post  bigbluelarry Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:47 pm

Bill Schaefer wrote:Sigh.

Plain white belts is OK and quick no problem.

Is it just me or does that first photo look too 'blue' to not be...enhanced?

Also, do we know if they went with blue or white belts in the white pants these years?

It is a vibrant picture, isn't it?

Blue belts with white pants from '75 - '84. We have that covered, no corrections necessary! Very Happy
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