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Archives of history reveal failed uni designs

By Paul Lukas
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

In 1991, San Francisco 49ers owner Ed DeBartolo and team president Carmen Policy held a press conference where they announced, among other things, that the team would have a new helmet design. Fan response was swift, and not particularly pleasant. The very next day, the team issued a statement that essentially amounted to, "Um, never mind," and the new helmet was quietly withdrawn (although it was later immortalized as a mini-helmet toy). A similar situation unfolded five years later in St. L ...

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