How Ted Thompson’s modeling skills prevented a Packers uniform disaster

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports The Green Bay Packers have a surprisingly colorful uniform history. From their birth in 1919 through 1958, the Packers sported all sorts of different gridiron getups, including stripes, numbers in circles, the famous Don Hutson/Tony Canadeo gold shoulder yokes, green over green, yellow over yellow, and even white over white (both in the old days and during the Color Rush era).

But after Vince Lombardi arrived in 1959, the Packers’ uniforms have been, well, uniform. With a few minor tweaks, the Packers have essentially worn the same uniform from Lombardi’s tenure through the present day. And it looks great! But it almost didn’t last.

In the early 1990s, Ron Wolf came…