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NFL · 82 designs · 83 examples

Green Bay Packers,

by design.

Every vintage Green Bay Packers design in the archive: sweatshirts, hoodies, t-shirts, jerseys and jackets from the 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. The oval G and the green-and-gold look have barely changed since 1961, so date Packers gear by its tag, maker and print rather than the logo. Navy-and-gold designs are throwbacks to the pre-1950 era, not period pieces.

Packers collector notes by era →

NO. 01 · EVENTS & CHAMPIONSHIPS
NO. 02 · THE 1980S

Sweatshirts 1

T-shirts 1

Jerseys 1

NO. 03 · THE 1990S

Sweatshirts 16

Hoodies 1

T-shirts 9

Jerseys 5

Jackets 13

NO. 04 · THE 2000S

Sweatshirts 2

Hoodies 2

T-shirts 1

Jerseys 1

Jackets 1

NO. 05 · ERA UNKNOWN

Sweatshirts 4

T-shirts 7

Jerseys 3

Jackets 5

NO. 06 · BIG GAMES IN THE ARCHIVE
NO. 07 · DATING PACKERS GEAR
  1. 1958-59A darker green replaced kelly green in 1958, and the green-or-white jersey with metallic gold pants was adopted soon after Vince Lombardi arrived in 1959.
  2. 1961The oval "G" went on the helmet, designed for Lombardi by equipment manager Gerald "Dad" Braisher and art student John Gordon; it is the only logo the helmet has ever carried.
  3. 1994For the NFL's 75th season the Packers wore navy-and-gold throwbacks recalling their earliest colors.
  4. 2001Navy-and-gold 1930s-style throwbacks returned for a Thanksgiving game in Detroit.
  5. 2003A second Thanksgiving throwback used 1960s green and gold, only slightly different from the regular uniform.