Port Adelaide started with blue and white, later changed to magenta and blue, before becoming the Magpies in 1902. The prison bar uniform has endured, the bars have varied in width but the design remianed the same except for one season ((I think 1951) where they wore Collingwood style jumpers. Wore all black socks for a while but have generally been black and white horizontal stripes.
North Adelaide in 1883 had an orange and black design. They went to a red jumper with a white yoke, changing it briefly in the 1930s to white with a red yoke. In 1970, the adopted the now familiar "Big V" jumpers, switching for a wile in the mid 80s - mid 90s with the red and white candy striped jumper. Socks were red with white tops, now red and white horizontal stipes.
Sturt had always been double Blue but had differnet designs. They once wore a light blue jumper with a dark blue band around the middle. Then they switched to the familiar light blue with dark blue SFC monogram. Socks were navy blue with blue tops, but altered to all dark blue.
Glenelg began in 1921 with red, gold and black, had a yellow guernsey with a black V from 1927 to 1948, then adopted its present design of black with a yellow sash. For a few years in the early 60s they wore a black jumper with a yellow yoke. Against Richmond in the 1973 Australian Championships, Glenelg wore an all yellow jumper with yellow socks.
West Adelaide had red, white, and blue colours when formed in 1887. reduced this to red and white in 1892, and adopted it's present red & black in 1895. An early West design was it;'s current favourite black with a red sash, but in years up to WW2 and in the 1970s, they wore red and black vertical stripes.
West Torrens had blue and gold vertical stripes up to 1941. After the war, they changed to blue with a gold sash, then altered to blue with a large gold eagle on the chest (my favourite). Then in the early 70s went to blue with a smaller eagle on the upper chest, then back to blue and gold vertical stripes. When Kerley took over, they reverted to the blue with gold sash.
South started with blue and white horizontal stripes, the uniform it adopted again from 1956 to 1959. For many years prior to that it had the blue with a white monogram, altering in the early 60s to the familiar blue with white SA in the chest.
Woodville began in 1964 with a gold jumper and green yoke. In 1968 they changed to green & gold vertical stripes, then later back to the gold with green yoke with a gold Warriors emblem.
Central District began with with old Footscray design, very similar to the jumper they have now. In 1968 they went to the blue jumper with red and white Vs, like the old Kingford cigarette packet. Then in the late 70s they reverted to white jumper with red and blue GT stripes, then finally back to the current design.
I can't remember all the different designs of the W-WT Eagles
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:00 am
