Today's Tidbit... Factoid Feast IV

As discussed in Factoid Feast I, Factoid Feast II, and Factoid Feast III, my searches through football history sometimes take me to topics too important to ignore but too minor to Tidbit. Such nuggets are factoids, three of which are shared with you today.

More Ugly Uniforms of the 1930s

I've claimed on multiple occasions that football's use of new materials to create uniforms contributed to the 1930s being the decade with the game's ugliest uniforms. Satin pants and mixed fabrics led to a proliferation of stripes on the uniforms.

I continue to hold that position and will do so until my last breath, but I recently came across a hockey uniform that shows football was not the lone participant in the 1930s ugly uniform derby.

('How King Hockey Was Crowned,' Daily News (Los Angeles), October 25, 1934.)