Monday, March 14, 2016

1961: When Johnny U. Discovered Fortrel With MARLBORO

LOOKING BACK
By John Turney

Unitas would likely look good in any shirt, but we wonder how the polyester shirt would feel.



We had no idea what it was, so we looked it up. Here is the 411 on Fortrel polyester:

Frankly, though, we think Johnny U. looked much better in this Flat-Knit Nylon/Durene-Mercerized Cotton Plaited fabric white shirt. And yes, we LOVE the serifs on the numbers and wish the Colts would return to them.




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