Comments on: Ten Best Uniforms In Philadelphia History

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:53:27 +0000

Without a doubt, my favorite Phillies “P” is the logo from the 1970’s and 1980’s. Burgundy uniforms of 1979, perhaps with white pants or grey it would’ve worked ?

Actually, Majestic has a Mike Schmidt Cooperstown Stance burgundy jersey that has the 1970’s Phillies lower case stitched on the front that I prefer to anything I’ve pretty much seen to date, maybe even solid burgundy and no powder blue:

http://www.philliesmerchandise.com/imagecache/phillies-jersey-DS_249304_l.jpg

That 1937 Detroit Tigers looking uniform isn’t bad, but that style lettering is really Detroit Tigers, nobody else can pull it off after switching.

For pinstripes, this one looks better than the home whites:

http://product.images.fansedge.com/32-27/32-27638-P.jpg

After the Yankees pinstripes, those are like the Detroit Tigers uniforms I mentioned. Nobody else can pull it off ? Red pinstripes is just harder to pull off. Red pinstripes says “Pimps” not “Phillies” ? I will say the gold trim helps them out as passable ?

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:46:26 +0000

can’t wait to see the new orange third jersey this year

By: anthony

anthony — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:45:29 +0000

Temple football 2007 – Present

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:26:32 +0000

2. Philadelphia Sixers, 1978-1991

By: bobbyzee

bobbyzee — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:05:03 +0000

Phillies: 70’s and 80’s were horrible. 50’s and 60’s were great and the current pinstripes are close enough for me. The classic old english P would have been great, and would be interesting to try to start now (the Tigers have always been my favorite team and I love their home uniform).

Eagles: the Randall-era green and silver was the best, and the previous green and white is nostalgic. The current is acceptable, but only the green jerseys (the black looks terrible).

Sixers: The current uni is not bad, but lacks a classic look. I wish they’d wear the red alternate road uni regularly. I don’t know why everyone is so convinced that black is the thing. But I agree with JS2 in comment 26 about the 76-77 and 77-78 uniforms. Maybe it was that they were just getting good again after so many down years, but if they kept those uniforms, they’d be classics now. I remember how good Julius looked in his first year as a Sixer, Lloyd Free, Doug Collins. The ‘78-’90 uniform was worn by great teams, but was really blahhhhhhh.

By: Big 5 Fan

Big 5 Fan — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:36:26 +0000

Totally with JS5 on the Eagles unis. The new ones are fine but I still miss the old Eagles green.
Also loved the Penn football unis in the mid/late-80s when they were constant Ivy champs, with split-P on the helmet and red numbers on the blue jerseys. Overall, Penn unis have not gone well since the 90s. I blame And 1, a Penn-alum founded company, who got their start by dressing the Penn basketball team, and not very well in their early years.
Penn State’s are nice but not quite top-10…simple and classic, like the Villanova basketball shirts on the list, but lacking the details to make them truly distinctive. Still, I don’t want them to change a thing. They are a total classic at this point and are such an icon, they need NO updating.
Temple has the same problem the Phils do, in trying to define its red over the years. Cherry? Burgundy? Garnet? They have it more together now but seem to have spent a lot of years trying to not look like St. Joe’s maroon and veering too far in to candy-apple red.
And my father in law still pines for the Penn unis of his youth: see Heisman in his version here: http://www.explorepahistory.com/displayimage.php?storyId=32&imgId=5312 Obviously my father in law isn’t that old but does remember the striped sleeves and pants (socks?) and loved the look.
Great list. Thanks for the memories.

By: Rogo99

Rogo99 — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:37:05 +0000

I’ve been able to deal with the midnight green Eagles unis, but the wings on the helmet are too cartoony. I’d like to see the previous more “realistic” wings returned.
Keep in mind that Lurie and co. were thinking about not using them. And their all-white combos are not as boring as some other teams’, but silver or grey pants would be tremendous. The 76ers unis (black??) and logo since Pat Croce have been a disaster-the only bad thing he did. Their classic design with the number and stars is an all-time classic. Flyers latest unis were probably dictated by the paramaters of the new materials, and fortunately stick to their classic template. Wouldn’t mind revisitng the full length sleeve trim. Phillies? Why would you want to go back to a design that lost a million games?

By: JS2

JS2 — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:15:38 +0000

I have a love/hate thing with the powder blues. The most successful clubs in Phils history wore it, but powder blue? Baseball? I know it was the 70’s, but… ah, forget it. The home unis from that time would have made the list instead as a compromise. Side note: The Phils wore powder blue in that style from 73-88 (the road unis were gray the other years.)

I love the Flyers classic look, but #1 has to be the Randall-era Eagles uniforms. The helmets looked better, the green was true Eagles green, and most of all they wore SILVER pants! Those Eagles teams looked like #$@!*& superheroes. The new Eagles unis are decent, but just not the same.

And it’s just my opinion, but I would have fit either the 76-77 or 77-78 Sixers on here somewhere.

By: Dannie

Dannie — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:21:54 +0000

Pete why the hell do you like those 1965-66 jerseys? Seriously, are they the only basketball uniform ever with the number above the team name?

By: jjg

jjg — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:19:19 +0000

correction re #22: Sonny’s last name – “Jurgensen”