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Title: Uniforms in 1934 w/downbox
Post by: HLinNC on April 19, 2012, 06:18:44 PM

Posted today in Uniwatch.

(http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7077/6944133152_456691a190_o.png)

Title: Re: Uniforms in 1934 w/downbox
Post by: clearwall on April 24, 2012, 10:05:09 AM

"Contributed their services free of charge"

That's probably just what the UIL told them to say it was...

Title: Re: Uniforms in 1934 w/downbox
Post by: sj on May 02, 2012, 10:25:06 PM

Here's one from 1944. This guy was decades ahead of his time with the black pants.

http://webstercityfootball.com/photos/1944photos/1944_b.jpg

And does anybody know what the stick was for? These are from 1939.

http://webstercityfootball.com/photos/1939photos/1939_a.JPG
http://webstercityfootball.com/cgi-bin/i/photos/1939photos/1939_b.JPG

Title: Re: Uniforms in 1934 w/downbox
Post by: TxSkyBolt on May 03, 2012, 08:06:47 AM

marks LOS  I believe

Title: Re: Uniforms in 1934 w/downbox
Post by: HLinNC on May 03, 2012, 08:26:39 AM

The linesman drove the stick in the ground to mark the LOS.  He spun corresponding down number on the photo that I attached.

Title: Re: Uniforms in 1934 w/downbox
Post by: bossman72 on May 04, 2012, 09:17:34 AM

maybe it was a cane  :)

Title: Re: Uniforms in 1934 w/downbox
Post by: MOzebra on May 16, 2012, 03:03:08 PM

I figure they weren't real worried about his seeing eye dog tripping up the players.   yEs: