The 1964 McGregor Catalog - Pants & Stockings ($)

The Tidbit from several days ago looked at the jerseys in the 964 McGregor Fall & Winter Catalog. Of course, a well-dressed team only steps onto the field with a sweet pair of pants to match or complement the jerseys, so today's the day to review those offerings.

By the mid-1960s, football pants no longer had integrated pads. Knee and thigh pads came separately and slipped into internal pockets in the pants.

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Rawlings also had two options for hip pads. There were wraparound pads with a buckle or D-loop synch to keep the pads in place. Some units included cantilevered plastic overlapping other pads, much like on the shoulder pads. The one-piece style seen at the bottom of the page did not require a separate belt because the hip pads snapped into the pants or were kept in place by passing the pants belt through the pads.

The top pant below shows the one-piece hip pads in action. Although the bottom pant is red, the description tells us it has the Duke-style crotch. All sorts of lines could follow that point, but I will slowly walk away from that opportunity.