FootyGuy13
That Guy in the Back Corner
- Feb 21, 2018
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While true, Hawthorn had only been wearing that design for 2 years and was their 4th design in their 12 season history. They wouldn't have had a problem with changing again because they didn't really have a real identity yet. Port Adelaide first wore the Prison Bars the year Hawthorn debuted in 1902 through to 1922, then 1928 to 1940 and then finally 1953 to 1996/nowYou were asking for a club that would have a similar story to that of Port Adelaide where one team moves competitions and has to change their colours to join the other competition because the other competition had a team with the colours the team had already.
The answer is Hawthorn. This happened when Hawthorn joined the Victorian Football Association from the Metropolitan Junior Football Association. The first task for the club was to decide on club colours, because their jumper of blue and gold was already taken by Williamstown so a change was required. At a Special General Meeting held on 17 February 1914, a Mr J. Brain proposed brown and gold as the new colours and the motion was carried.
The above jumpers are what happened. The first jumper was the Hawthorn's jumper of 1913. The second jumper is the Williamstown jumper. The third jumper was Hawthorn's jumper of 1914, their first in the VFA. The last jumper is the modern Hawthorn jumper.
The same story, 80 years apart. One club joins another competition and has to change their colours because their colours are already worn by another club.