wpr
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13 years ago
Here is some info about the team and their colors.

Nickname, logo, and uniforms 

Curly Lambeau, the team's founder, solicited funds for uniforms from his employer, the Indian Packing Company. He was given $250 for uniforms and equipment, on condition that the team be named for its sponsor (a similar event would occur the following year with the Decatur Staleys, who later became the Chicago Bears). An early newspaper article referred to the new Green Bay team as "the Indians" but by the time they played their first game they had adopted the name "Packers."

In 1920, the Indian Packing Company was purchased by the Acme Packing Company. Acme continued its support of Lambeau's team, and in its first season in the NFL the team wore jerseys with the words "ACME PACKERS" emblazoned on the chest.

Lambeau, who had attended the University of Notre Dame, borrowed the team's colors of navy blue and gold from the Irish, much as George Halas borrowed team colors from his alma mater Illinois for the Chicago Bears. And like the Irish in the 1930s and 1940s, the Packers sometimes used green and gold before returning to the traditional blue and gold.

In the early days, the Packers were often referred to as the "Bays" or the "Blues" (and even occasionally as "the Big Bay Blues"). These never were official nicknames, although Lambeau did consider replacing "Packers" with "Blues" in the 1920s.

By 1950, the Packers changed their colors to hunter green and "taxicab" gold. Navy blue was kept as a secondary color, seen primarily on sideline capes, but it was quietly dropped from the team colors list on all official materials shortly thereafter. The color scheme yields the common Packer nickname, "The Green and Gold". In 1994, the NFL's 75th anniversary season, the team participated in the league-wide use of "throwback" jerseys, but just at select away games. The Packers would wear them again for two Thanksgiving Day games against the Detroit Lions: in 2001, throwback uniforms as worn in the 1930s; in 2003, uniforms from the 1960s (which were only slightly different from the current uniforms).[32][33]

The oval "G" logo was created in 1961 by Packers equipment manager George "Dad" Braisher. To most people's minds, the "G" stands for "Green Bay". However, when the logo was designed and adopted, it was determined the "G" would stand for "Greatness". The team actually used a number of different logos prior to 1961, but the "G" is the only logo that has ever appeared on the helmet.[34] Although the Packers have granted limited permission to other organizations to utilize a similar logo, notably the University of Georgia and Grambling State University, the Packers hold the trademark for it.[35] Adopted in 1964, the Georgia "G", though different in design and color, was similar to the Packers' "G". Then-Georgia head coach Vince Dooley thought it best to clear the use of Georgia's new emblem with the Packers.

While several NFL teams choose to wear white jerseys at home early in the season due to white's ability to reflect the late summer sunrays, the Packers have only done so only twice, during the opening two games of the 1989 season. Although alternate gold jerseys with green numbers are sold on a retail basis, the team currently has no plans to introduce such a jersey to be used in actual games.

During the 2010 season, the Packers will pay tribute to their historical brethren with a third jersey modeled after that worn by the club in 1929, during its first world championship season. Mark Murphy, team president and CEO, confirmed with WLUK-TV that the team will use a "throwback" uniform for some games this season. Unlike such throwback tributes in the past, the uniform will be worn at Lambeau during home games, and the jersey will be navy blue, again making the Packers "the Blues."[36][37]



I forgot the wore the throw backs on the road in 94.
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musccy
13 years ago
So...thoughts on the uniforms after seeing them in action?

I'm including this pic because it has:
1) The uniforms
2) Those 'beanie hats'
3) Rodgers being pulling off a great "that guy"
Greg C.
13 years ago
I absolutely hated them. wpr was right: changing the color scheme was just too much of a departure. I feel a little bit like I was cheated, not being able to watch the Green and Gold today. I also hated that I couldn't see the numbers on the front of the jerseys because they were too small.

I think the uniforms may have looked okay in person, but they were too dull for television, especially on a cloudy December day. At times I couldn't even see the ball against them.
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wpr
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13 years ago
on the pregame radio show they mentioned that Puckett thought the jersey made them look "slimming". :lol:

Look at musccy's photo. Raji's number sits much lower on his chest than Jones's or Hall.
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musccy
13 years ago

I also hated that I couldn't see the numbers on the front of the jerseys because they were too small.

"Greg C." wrote:



I actually liked these things, though my father calls them "throw-up'' uniforms.

I agree on the numbers, though. Fox commentators said the same, and I too had a hard time distinguishing between like players. I could never figure out which lb made the tackle, or which wr was catching the ball.
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13 years ago
I suppose I'm one of the few that digs the old digs. I think they're classy.
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rabidgopher04
13 years ago

So...thoughts on the uniforms after seeing them in action?

"musccy" wrote:



I didn't think they were all that bad, just different.
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Greg C.
13 years ago

I also hated that I couldn't see the numbers on the front of the jerseys because they were too small.

"musccy" wrote:



I actually liked these things, though my father calls them "throw-up.''

I agree on the numbers, though. Fox commentators said the same, and I too had a hard time distinguishing between like players. I could never figure out which lb made the tackle, or which wr was catching the ball.

"Greg C." wrote:



I always thought that Greg Jennings and James Jones had very different body types and different styles of play, but I got them mixed up several times today. I guess it makes you realize how similar a lot of these guys are, by most standards, and how much we rely on their numbers to tell them apart.
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musccy
13 years ago
Hawk is a little stockier and Clay a little slimmer, but even then it was hard to tell apart, and Driver and Jennings I had virtually no clue on...same with the cbs!
wpr
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13 years ago

I also hated that I couldn't see the numbers on the front of the jerseys because they were too small.

"musccy" wrote:



I actually liked these things, though my father calls them "throw-up'' uniforms.

I agree on the numbers, though. Fox commentators said the same, and I too had a hard time distinguishing between like players. I could never figure out which lb made the tackle, or which wr was catching the ball.

"Greg C." wrote:



I actually disliked them less than I thought I would from a color perspective.

Although it was hard to follow on a 12" computer screen. When I would come back into the room after a timeout for just a moment I would think GB was the team in white not blue.
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