The 49ers,
archived.
Vintage San Francisco 49ers sweatshirts and jerseys, filed by era. Five Super Bowls between 1981 and 1994. The shade of red is the quickest tell: bright scarlet before 1996, and a deeper cardinal red with black-shadowed numbers from 1996.
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Steve Young
Ten or more wins every season from 1991 to 1998, and six touchdown passes in Super Bowl XXIX. Montana's shadow finally lifts.
- 1962The earliest version of the interlocking "SF" in a red oval appeared.
- 1964Silver gave way to 49ers gold, including gold helmets.
- 1989Black outlining was added to the SF logo and the sleeve stripes were made thinner.
- 1991A proposed new logo was dropped after one day of fan backlash.
- 1996For the 50th season the red deepened from bright scarlet to cardinal, and numbers gained black shadows with gold trim.
- 2009New uniforms brought angled sleeve stripes and returned the helmet to classic red-white-red striping.
60s–70s
San Francisco 49ers · Brodie
80s
San Francisco 49ers · Montana
90s
San Francisco 49ers · Steve Young
2000s
San Francisco 49ers · The Drought
Specific 49ers designs, one page each, with every past eBay example we found.
✓Tag check: does the maker and the country of manufacture fit the era the seller claims?
✓Print check: do the logo, wordmark and any copyright date match that year's team identity?
✓Fit check: ask for pit-to-pit and length in inches; vintage tag sizes run differently.