Denver Broncos to celebrate 50 Years of Football
by TheSportsGuru on May 5, 2009 3:30 PM MDT in Broncos in the News 
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The 2009 NFL season marks the 50th season of the Denver Broncos. To celebrate the past and embrace the future, the franchise is recognizing its community of fans as being a part of Broncos Country for 50 seasons.
A Legacy Game will take place Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in the Broncos' home game vs. the New England Patriots, which kicks off at 2:15 p.m. The Broncos played their first season in 1960 with seven other teams in the American Football League: Buffalo Bills, Dallas Texans (became the Kansas City Chiefs), Boston Patriots (became the New England Patriots), Titans of New York (became the New York Jets), Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers and Houston Oilers (became the Tennessee Titans).
In an effort to "turn back the clock," the entire Broncos team will be wearing classic yellow and brown jerseys with brown helmets. The cheerleaders will be wearing their own version of a yellow and brown outfit. Other specific details surrounding the game are still pending, but fans will step into the past and experience elements of the Broncos first season. Yellow and brown merchandise is currently for sale at the Denver Broncos Team Store at INVESCO Field at Mile High and online at DenverBroncosProShop.com.
The Broncos also plan to recognize the elite group of season ticket holders who have held their seat accounts since 1960 throughout the Legacy Game weekend.
Fans will have the opportunity to select their All-Time Broncos team through an online vote. Fans will choose their favorite Broncos by position and the top vote-getters will make up the 50th Anniversary team. That team will be honored on the field during the Legacy Game on October 11. Additionally, one lucky fan will have the opportunity to join the 50th Anniversary team during the ceremony.
Voting for the 50th Anniversary team will begin June 6 at Broncos Fan Fair. Fans can vote by logging on to DenverBroncos.com or on computer kiosks at various team events. Voting will conclude on September 4.
Here are the uniforms. What do y'all think? Love them striped socks! LMAO
Eight former AFL teams will wear 1960s throwback uniforms during "legacy games" in the 2009 season. Shutdown Corner takes a look back (or ahead, if you will) at those throwback jerseys in advance of the season. Today, we look at the 1960 Denver Broncos.
We've saved the strangest for last here in the AFL Legacy Uniforms series. These dirty duds were worn by the Broncos for the first two years of their existence, and until this whole AFL Legacy gimmick was announced, I'd never seen them before. The Broncos switched to the more familiar orange and blue in 1962.
Personally, I dig them. Of course, I also loved the San Diego Padres in the 80s, so that's just me.
But I think it's a color scheme and a look much better suited to a dude who might live in Colorado and saddle up an actual bronco every day. That guy wears brown, right? And if, on a Saturday night, he wants to get gussied up and take the lady down to the barn for a little hoedown action, I think he'd put on a manly shade of yellow like the one you see above.
Of course, we've got to mention the socks, too. Look at those bad boys. Vertical stripes, and plenty of them. You can wear these things straight from the football field to your second job as a rodeo clown.
I have always loved those socks lol..
Quoting Loryl:
Here are the uniforms. What do y'all think? Love them striped socks! LMAO
Eight former AFL teams will wear 1960s throwback uniforms during "legacy games" in the 2009 season. Shutdown Corner takes a look back (or ahead, if you will) at those throwback jerseys in advance of the season. Today, we look at the 1960 Denver Broncos.
We've saved the strangest for last here in the AFL Legacy Uniforms series. These dirty duds were worn by the Broncos for the first two years of their existence, and until this whole AFL Legacy gimmick was announced, I'd never seen them before. The Broncos switched to the more familiar orange and blue in 1962.
Personally, I dig them. Of course, I also loved the San Diego Padres in the 80s, so that's just me.
But I think it's a color scheme and a look much better suited to a dude who might live in Colorado and saddle up an actual bronco every day. That guy wears brown, right? And if, on a Saturday night, he wants to get gussied up and take the lady down to the barn for a little hoedown action, I think he'd put on a manly shade of yellow like the one you see above.
Of course, we've got to mention the socks, too. Look at those bad boys. Vertical stripes, and plenty of them. You can wear these things straight from the football field to your second job as a rodeo clown.
Hi - I had to reply to this. I was lucky enough to be invited to the SuperBowl the year the Bronco's played the Packers. The seats were incredible, but I have to tell you that I was put in a tough position as the people to my right were Bronco Fans. The people to the left were Packer Fans. The Packer Fans were hard core - faces painted, cheese hats, beer mugs, - you name it. The Bronco Fans were somewhat reserved in their simple Blue and Orange.
The game was intense and the Packer fans were nuts. The Bronco Fans just smiled and clapped and every time the Bronco's scored - they bought a round of Beer! I was happy to celebrate as the Bronco's won. Great people!
As a Football Mom, you may want to check out a new website www.familyfantasysports.com. Over 40% of their players were Mom's last year and a Mom won the season. It's a FREE site and last year they gave away over $40k in college savings prizes.
A personal letter from a Bronco fan to Brandon Marshall (piog)
- Loryl
on May. 6, 2009 at 11:04 AM