1959 Design Changes

Buffalo made a few changes to their overall set, darkening their blue to a navy to make themselves stand out a bit more against the other, more successful blue teams in Cincinnati and Washington. Their primary logo remains mostly unchanged, but they did alter their secondary slightly, adjusting the angle at which the hammers crossed. This new secondary was added to their helmets, now making half the league have some feature on their helmets. 

Players shown: QB Brendan Turnbull (17) & DB Rogelio Amos (33)

The Federals made a couple of tweaks to their logo set, swapping the W in their primary for a more serifed version. The star behind the NRA eagle also changed colors, going from a white star to a blue one. The uniforms remain mostly unchanged though, only swapping out for the new W. 

Players shown: S Josh von Bank (22) & QB Johnnie Sellers (12) 

Philadelphia had the least amount of changes for teams altering their look, only adding the Gadsden snake to their helmets. It is certainly the most complex logo added to any of the helmets in the league, and owner Sy Thompson knew this was the case when he decided to add them on. Instead of relying solely on their equipment manager to do all the work, he hired several painters specifically to hand-paint each of the snakes on each of the helmets. 

Players shown: RB Mickey Greene (38) & DB Roosevelt Richter (36)



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