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Denver Broncos,

by design.

Every vintage Denver Broncos design in the archive: sweatshirts, hoodies, t-shirts, jerseys and jackets from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Each card is one design with every eBay example of it we found; most are sold out, so open one to see what it went for and search for it again. Royal blue with orange and the D-with-horse logo means 1968-96. Navy with the horse-head profile means 1997 or later.

Broncos collector notes by era →

NO. 01 · EVENTS & CHAMPIONSHIPS
NO. 02 · THE 1970S

T-shirts 1

NO. 03 · THE 1980S

T-shirts 1

Jerseys 1

NO. 04 · THE 1990S

Sweatshirts 3

T-shirts 5

Jerseys 5

Jackets 4

NO. 05 · THE 2000S

T-shirts 2

NO. 06 · ERA UNKNOWN

Sweatshirts 1

Hoodies 1

T-shirts 2

Jerseys 1

Jackets 2

NO. 07 · BIG GAMES IN THE ARCHIVE
NO. 08 · DATING BRONCOS GEAR
  1. 1960The Broncos debuted in mustard yellow and brown, with brown helmets and vertically striped socks.
  2. 1962Colors changed to orange, royal blue and white, with a bucking-horse logo and orange helmets.
  3. 1968The "Orange Crush" look arrived: a horse bursting from a "D" and royal blue helmets.
  4. 1994For the NFL's 75th season the team wore 1965 throwbacks in two games.
  5. 1997A full redesign replaced royal blue with navy, introduced the horse-head logo, and made navy the home jersey.
  6. 2002An orange alternate jersey mirrored the navy design.