# Worst Sports Uniform? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 25, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902 "2021-11-25T01:28:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/21 "2021-11-25T04:27:20Z")
The Australians ‘92 uniforms are special. Must have been designed by a famous architect or summat. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/22 "2021-11-25T04:31:26Z")
I would think the worst thing about a Jacksonville Jaguars uniform is that it informs the viewer the player is employed by the Jacksonville Jaguars. Anyway, I just now remembered the Vancouver Canucks’ “stick in rink” logo, which has actually served the team in two long stretches: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/7/7fdfb83b600eecb5319309fcbc85c6e6c91c6748.jpeg) Yes, that is really a sweater they wore in professional hockey games, a logo that is just a hockey stick. It is the only example I can think of in a major North American professional sport where a team’s logo is exactly as appropriate for all a team’s opponents as it is for the team itself. It would be as if a basketball team’s entire logo was just a pair of shoes. Truly, this is a hockey team’s uniform that clearly, unambiguously states to the observer, “we are a hockey team.” I presume Vancouver fans would chant “LET’S GO HOCKEY.” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/23 "2021-11-25T04:32:22Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > The Australians ‘92 uniforms are special. Must have been designed by a famous architect or summat. That reminded me! In those same 1992 Summer Games, the Lithuanian men’s basketball team was sponsored by the rock band The Grateful Dead ([true story!](https://sportshistoryweekly.com/stories/lithuania-basketball-olympics-nba-grateful-dead,622)), and the band provided the team with tie-dyed uniforms. They won the bronze medal in Deadhead gear. 😃 [![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0217/8832/products/lithuania_jersey_1_1200x1200.jpg?v=1571262852) ](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0217/8832/products/lithuania_jersey_1_1200x1200.jpg?v=1571262852) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/24 "2021-11-25T04:44:37Z")
In baseball, I’ll submit the Padres’ early '80s unis. “Welcome to Taco Bell, may I take your order?” [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5gLz67JOK7g/V0Ya4UYVgQI/AAAAAAAADdY/0iTQIzhDif0/s1600/f930acfc4173326435d61b43dea32e97.jpg) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5gLz67JOK7g/V0Ya4UYVgQI/AAAAAAAADdY/0iTQIzhDif0/s1600/f930acfc4173326435d61b43dea32e97.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/25 "2021-11-25T07:23:21Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Hockey uniforms are all kind of ugly, but this Islanders jersey from a few yeas back, oh dear Jesus. What that sweater needs on it is an angry fisherman. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/26 "2021-11-25T14:46:54Z")
The Raptors’ original road kit looks like a combination of a child’s duvet cover and the carpeting of a Las Vegas casino. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/5/598ca79db68d71e7a2d31f92fdfde77b3ed08073.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/27 "2021-11-25T15:39:25Z")
The Denver Broncos’ original uniforms were an ugly-ass combination of a mustard yellow jersey and a brown helmet and pants. [![](https://andtherecameaday.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/original-uniform.jpg) ](https://andtherecameaday.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/original-uniform.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/28 "2021-11-25T15:44:25Z")
That’s an excellent example. My understanding is that the Broncos, who were strapped for cash in their early days, bought those uniforms from a defunct college all-star game. As ugly as the color combo is, it’s the vertically-striped socks that stand out as the “lowlight” of that kit. I’ve also read that, when they retired those uniforms in 1962, they held a public burning of them. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/29 "2021-11-25T15:53:10Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Better those, I dare you! Challenge [accepted](https://i.imgur.com/qBZzGEX.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/30 "2021-11-25T15:58:53Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > That’s an excellent example. My understanding is that the Broncos, who were strapped for cash in their early days, bought those uniforms from a defunct college all-star game. As ugly as the color combo is, it’s the vertically-striped socks that stand out as the “lowlight” of that kit. > > I’ve also read that, when they retired those uniforms in 1962, they held a public burning of them. 😃 They remind me of that old joke about the naval captain who is faced with ten pirate ships. “Number One, fetch my brown pants.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/31 "2021-11-25T16:08:49Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > > [@Askance](#): > > > > Better those, I dare you! > > Challenge [accepted](https://i.imgur.com/qBZzGEX.jpeg) - You need a more mainstream example, that’s really on the fringe. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/32 "2021-11-25T16:47:00Z")
**THAT** is what you came up with for the Vancouver Cancuks? [![](https://derekw.co/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/stansmyl.jpg) ](https://derekw.co/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/stansmyl.jpg) I happen to like the hockey rink “C” with a border of forest green in an ocean of blue. Also the green and blue seem to be the colours of the “PNW” although Vancouver is really the south west. That orange shit is an abomination. The orca wasn’t much better. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/33 "2021-11-25T19:28:59Z")
I like it, but can’t fully disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/34 "2021-11-25T20:26:45Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Better those, I dare you! No disrespect to our Ozzie cousins, but no, those don’t even crack the top 50. The 1984 unis are dated but cheerful, the '92 ones are mildly tacky, and the worst you can say about the '04s is that they’re aggressively bland. You’re going to have to do much worse than that to earn a place in this conversation. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/35 "2021-11-25T20:30:49Z")
And, those Australian “uniforms” are from the Olympic opening ceremonies (which is a parade and stage show) – if they actually made their athletes _compete_ in those, it’d be a different story. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/36 "2021-11-25T21:26:35Z")
::getting the warm fuzzies over the Canucks’ “V” jerseys:: A Godsend of Pulchritude. Thank-you, whichever Higher Being was responsible. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/37 "2021-11-25T21:31:11Z")
> [@The Worst Sports Uniforms of All Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-sports-uniforms-of-all-time/62852/1): > > the Houston Astros rainbow popsicle, San Diego Padres brown and yellow, Pittsburgh Pirates all yellow with billed pillbox hats from the 70s (great teams can have horrible uniforms), Chicago White Sox in shorts, I love all those uniforms. I think they were fantastic, and completely appropriate to symbolize those particular teams. The rainbow stripes of Houston, the brown and yellow of San Diego, the pillbox caps of Pittsburgh, and the giant, floppy collars of Chicago will always be the best icons for those teams in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/38 "2021-11-25T22:05:13Z")
> [@gregorio](#): > > **THAT** is what you came up with for the Vancouver Cancuks? > > [derek woo](https://derekw.co/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/stansmyl.jpg) With that huge, multicolored V pointing at the players crotch, it looks like the perfect costume for the opening scene of a gay porno movie! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/39 "2021-11-25T22:28:41Z")
Wow - those are really bad! They remind me of the female protagonist from the 80s miniseries “V”. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSCg18JrtkCo51AcIhFNKpkkyPbjKPBscNKOA&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSCg18JrtkCo51AcIhFNKpkkyPbjKPBscNKOA&s) ---
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The Columbian women’s cycling kit of 2014 still takes the prize, by a mile. [![](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/16/1410888089328/f6d68ae4-0806-478d-bb6f-cdab46b3751f-bestSizeAvailable.jpeg?width=620&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=00f17530f71875db115d4d4dfaf8f898) ](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/9/16/1410888089328/f6d68ae4-0806-478d-bb6f-cdab46b3751f-bestSizeAvailable.jpeg?width=620&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=00f17530f71875db115d4d4dfaf8f898) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902.md?page=3)