North Adelaide's Vee
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 4:43 pm
Article in yesterday's fishwrap, Mon May 18 2020, page 38, titled "The Way We Were".
Quotes an article published on May 22 1970.
The accompanying picture shows Bob Hammond and Bob Shearman (!) modelling the new guernsey - which clearly sports a big letter V, complete with serifs - holding up an old guernsey, which is a "yoke" style V (over the shoulders).
I have often wondered - why did North adopt a letter V? It seems fanciful to think this was a nod to the old Victorian club, forerunner of the modern day Roosters. So why a letter, distinct from a yoke?
Quotes an article published on May 22 1970.
"The big V is a feature of the new-look North Adelaide guernsey which the club hopes to use for the first time against West Adelaide tomorrow.
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The jumper is the same as the Victorian big V except that where Victoria's is navy blue, North's is red."
The accompanying picture shows Bob Hammond and Bob Shearman (!) modelling the new guernsey - which clearly sports a big letter V, complete with serifs - holding up an old guernsey, which is a "yoke" style V (over the shoulders).
I have often wondered - why did North adopt a letter V? It seems fanciful to think this was a nod to the old Victorian club, forerunner of the modern day Roosters. So why a letter, distinct from a yoke?