For this ep I took a quick look at interesting Michigan Football uniform changes over the years. In particular, explored is the wolverine or 'wolverbear' patch U-M wore on its uniform for most of the 1962 season. It seems to have started with the game against the Army Cadets played on October 6, 1962 in Ann Arbor.
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1940-1969 | Michigan Football Uniform Timeline
Welcome to the MVictors Uniform Timeline where below you will find a descending timeline of changes to the Michigan football team uniforms over the years. 2020-Current > Click here | 2015-2019 > Click here | 2010-2014 > Click here | 2000-2009 > Click here | 1990-1999 > Click here | 1980-1989 > Click here | 1970-1979 > Click here | 1940-1969 > Click here | 1867-1939 > Click here Note: For all uniform changes prior to 1970, the rules change a bit. If I have a compelling photo of an actual jersey (or portion of a jersey) over this period, I will include it in the timeline even if it didn’t mark a particular change in design or new feature: 1969 Season | Ann Arbor, MI Bo Schembechler arrives as head coach and performs a massive overhaul of the uniform:HELMET: Maize numbers are removed from the sides of the helmets (they return for the 2011 season and the first game for the 2012 season).HELMET: Award stickers are placed on helmets in the form of solid maize football-shaped decals. Don Moorhead’s 1970 helmet via Helmet Hut: SHOES/SOCKS: Team adopts new style of shoe and cleat for use on the newly installed artificial turf in Michigan Stadium. Black trim added on socks.JERSEY: Block ‘M’ removed from sleeves on home and road jerseys,…
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Wire Photo Wednesday Cries Wolverbear!
WPW keeps rolling with a great shot that sheds some light on uniform history: First up, this isn’t a wire photo but something a little cleaner: it’s a 35MM negative from the 1962 game in East Lansing that is incredibly crisp. In the U-M lily whites you’ve got a wincing Tom Prichard (21) backed up by a flying Ron Kocan (88). The Spartans snuck by 28-0. More importantly, this slide appears to have solved a little uniform riddle that has bugged me and the illustrious Dr. Sap for a while. We had seen some photos from this era of players wearing what seemed to be a circular patch on their jerseys…but couldn’t confirm what it was. Sap dug an old shot with the mystery patch that we mulled over a year or 2 back (also obviously from the ‘62 State game as well, featuring Prichard, could be the same play): The first shot clearly confirms what is chilling on the left shoulder…the wolverbear ! </insert Happy Valley roar sound, slightly higher pitch> Viva the sailor wolverbear! Here’s more on the U-M logo history via my man Craig at HSR. Here’s the auction for the 35MM slide. Here’s another shot from the 1962 game via my friends at The Only Colors. Oh, and the Uniform Timeline is now updated…scroll down to…
