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Mike Scanlon's avatar

This is really awesome. Also, I had no idea that jerseys with both shoulder loops and sleeve stripes were actually popular; I always assumed that the Eagles jerseys were just oddballs.

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James L. Gilbert's avatar

The color chart in these posts give a better representation of Columbia Blue and Air Force Blue: https://x.com/jamesleegilbert/status/1499891567670312968?s=20 Both UNC football and basketball switched to Air Force Blue in the late '60s. Football lightened up in the '80s, but men's basketball may have been using the same Air Force Blue in its uniforms until they were redesigned by Alexander Julian in 1991. Ironically Air Force Blue has been replaced by increased use of Navy Blue. (Julian was such a stickler for a more appropriate shade of Carolina Blue that he would eventually design new undergraduate commencement regalia because he didn't like the shade of light blue that was being used.)

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