# Worst Sports Uniform?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902>\
**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:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/61 "2022-01-04T20:51:27Z")

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Yeah, came in here to say this. Those Steelers throwbacks are hideous.

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**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/62 "2022-01-04T21:11:43Z")

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Did anyone mention the Hartford Whalers pants-uniforms (I think they were called “Cooperalls”)? I think this was during the era when the NHL was trying to shed the whole hockey/boxing match thing - this was supposed to make the players look more, uh, respectful?..

[![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1b/0c/5f/1b0c5f86234b236fd2cd491cfcc62c65.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1b/0c/5f/1b0c5f86234b236fd2cd491cfcc62c65.jpg)  
[![](https://external-preview.redd.it/GNhY21h7XL4w5RdMekfX1z5kha-7s5mZAz1Zx9A6tjo.jpg?auto=webp&s=413814cb11a874a5d8648c32e26f36363f814ee6) ](https://external-preview.redd.it/GNhY21h7XL4w5RdMekfX1z5kha-7s5mZAz1Zx9A6tjo.jpg?auto=webp&s=413814cb11a874a5d8648c32e26f36363f814ee6)

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**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/63 "2022-01-04T23:19:46Z")

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Confining my options to current uniforms, the ones the Bengals wore Sunday were seriously ugly.  
[![](https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/web1_12079709-6e2ea2facea44289808c8190dcddca8b.jpg) ](https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/web1_12079709-6e2ea2facea44289808c8190dcddca8b.jpg)

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**Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/64 "2022-01-04T23:22:27Z")

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The second picture’s pants look like a Reebok tracksuit. You could honestly go to the gym in those things and be thought of as a dad who’s turning into his parents. (The guy’s moustache doesn’t help).

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/65 "2022-01-05T03:00:23Z")

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> [@snowthx](#):
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> Did anyone mention the Hartford Whalers pants-uniforms (I think they were called “Cooperalls”)? I think this was during the era when the NHL was trying to shed the whole hockey/boxing match thing - this was supposed to make the players look more, uh, respectful?

The Flyers wore them too.

The idea behind them was actually better protection; they were designed such that the player’s legs and hips were better protected and pads stayed where they were supposed to, while subtracting some weight, believe it or not.

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**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:** [January 5, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/66 "2022-01-05T03:17:46Z")

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I mentioned them early in the thread. They were reportedly very hot to wear, and the NHL subsequently mandated short pants.

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