Old Uniforms

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In the movie, "Return of the Titans", we saw officials with striped hats. I thought it was really strange, like where did the director ever get the idea for these hats?

HBO currently has a documentary special, "Breaking the Huddle", that documents the integration of football in the south. The ACC, SEC and SW conferences are the ones featured and they talk about the first black player in the conferences and the hardships endured, even from their teammates.

Game footage from that era (50's and 60's) shows officials with striped hats. I can't remember which conference it was. Other footage shows officials with long-sleeve white shirts (or sweaters) with a large "V" on the back originating from the shoulders. Even older footage had officials wearing that funny hat that I call a "motoring cap."

At least for several decades now, the uniform has been somewhat stabilized until the NFL came out with the flag football pants.