AFL jumpers history: best, worst, clash guernseys for every teamLucy Watkin,
Herald Sun
1 July 2017WHETHER it’s a sash or stripes, yellow and black or blue and red, we all know the colours that distinguish our team.
However, for some teams the designs we love weren’t always the ones that belonged to our teams.
If you remember the AFL’s now-defunct Heritage Round you may recall your club sporting a jumper that held little or no resemblance to their regular one. That round was a brief glance back in time to the guernseys our teams used to wear back in the early days.
Take a look at the history behind your club’s jumper and see how much it has changed over time.
RICHMOND
Richmond joined the VFL in 1908 and claimed yellow and black as their colours from the get-go, but it wasn’t until 1914 that they started donning the yellow sash.
Before that Richmond wore yellow and black vertical stripes on their first lace-up jumper with long woollen sleeves.
They then opted for a predominantly black jumper with a yellow band around the middle, before opting for the yellow sash in 1914.
Since 1914 the Tigers’ jumper hasn’t fundamentally changed but there have been tweaks. The sash has been reversed, widened and removed from the back of the guernsey with players wearing yellow numbers from 1995-2004, and turned to gold before changing back to a bold yellow this year Tiger fans have come to love.
Richmond celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2008 by wearing a replica of the club’s first jumper design.
The sash disappeared from the back of Richmond jumpers for a decade.http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/a-history-of-your-afl-clubs-jumper/news-story/3b535019a63aa7264b382f25f8907c00
