Every Yale post I've made so far has the big ol' "Y" on the helmets. Let's change that!
Like virtually every other team in the 1950s-60s, the Bulldogs had numbers on the helmets. Block numbers were the order of the day before curved numbers took over from 1961-63 and again in '65.
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| A Yale-Brown program from 1959. That is one strange picture, probably because the ball is spotted in front of a wall. Despite what the picture says, Yale wore numbers on the helmets in game action. |
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| A neat Yale Daily News photo spread from a 1959 Yale-UConn game. UCon n? |
The jersey trim is rather confusing. It appears both white and gray trim was used, although that could just be poor reproduction from old black and white photos. I've included both to play it safe.
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| Another Yale Daily News photo, this from 1960. Yale beat Harvard 39-6 to wrap up a 9-0 season. |
Want more from the sons of old Eli? Look here: 2014, 2013, 1997-98, 1994, 1996, 1978, 1974-77, 1967-68, 1965. Rivalry Week: Harvard-Yale.
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