1967 Uniform Updates
INDIANA VICTORS
The first decade of Victors’ football has not been the most fondly remembered. The first 8 years are going to be the years fans wish to forget as the team never had a record at .500 or above. They also missed the playoffs in all 8 of those seasons. However, their fortune has turned around in the last two seasons going a combined 15-9 and getting their first playoff win. With the team on the upswing, owner Sammy Kirkdale decided it was a good time for a refresh. While the team will maintain the crest logo as the primary logo, they have introduced a brand new alternate logo. The logo is a torch. Specifically representing the torch that Lady Victory holds at the top of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Indianapolis. The flame on top, in orange, has been drawn from the shape of the flame from the statue. The main part of the torch is made from the shape of an “I” for Indiana and the groves in the torch make a “V” for victors. The new logo’s main purpose was to give the team a proper helmet logo instead of just the numbers.
Along with the new logo, the team also will get a fresh set of jerseys. The biggest change will be going from a green helmet to a white one. The new helmet features the torch logo and a 3-stripe pattern over the top with two orange stripes and one green stripe. The 3-stripe pattern matches their crest’s 3-stripes as well. The home jersey sees a much more simple look with just a white and orange stripe around the ends of the sleeves. While the white option adapts the 3-stripe pattern front the helmet and pants. Indiana’s new look aims to be simpler and more unified with all the players now sharing the same helmet look.
CANADA
As mentioned before, 1967 is Canada’s 100th birthday, and to celebrate, all 5 Canadian teams will include Canada’s Centennial logo on their jerseys. Ottawa, Montreal, and London, all included the patch in their usual spots on the upper right side of the uniform, however, Halifax needed a different option with the Captain’s patch and their Richard Paul Heart patch taking up the main spots. They decided to include it on the left-hand sleeve instead. Toronto also used the left sleeve as well. However, the reasoning from owner Jerry Anderson was that he thought it looked really cool over top of the stripes and just wanted to go with that look.
PATCH
HALIFAX MARINERS
LONDON TIGERS
MONTREAL ROUGE
OTTAWA ROYALS
TORONTO STEELHEADS
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