Word: uniforms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Harvard's opponents this fall, and one which is reckoned as one of the strongest by some of the insiders-- namely Dartmouth--has made a notable change in its football uniform. Instead of the usual brown silk pants with the woven sections for ease of movement, the Big Green will sport a pair of breeches made of silk, aluminum-colored airplane cloth...
...Harvard uniform, in addition to its change of trimmings is somewhat lighter than the outfit of last year. This fall the well-dressed grid star will tote around 13 pounds 5 ounces of equipment on his person. This poundage is made up from the following items: Head guard, jersey, shoulder pads, hip and kidney pads, pants, stockings, shoes, and underclothing...
...game outfit is several ounces lighter than the practice uniform. While even the practice uniform is lighter than the equipment handed out last year at the Dillon field House, this year's game uniform is several ounces lighter still. The reason for the loss in weight which the players suffer between the practice field behind he Stadium and the gridiron of the Stadium itself is the fact that in a game, the athletes wear feather weight shoes--speed shoes--made to fit like kid gloves. Not all of the players undergo this loss of poundage, since the tackles...
...complete uniform of the Harvard players will cost a total of $59.50 and the whole list of equipment for each player brings up the expenditure of the H.A.A. to approximately $70 per man. Simple multiplication reveals that it costs about $3000 for the uniforms for the Varsity squad alone...
Frisch, as he changed his uniform for street clothes, told the United Press. "This was the greatest finish I have ever seen...