Primer on Sand Knit tags

[josports]

I see there has been a Wilson and Russell primer tagging thread. What about putting together a Sand-Knit one? Anyone?

[both-teams-played-hard]

I have tried to put a Sand-Knit primer together, but I am not 100% sure of the exact dates. I will post some photos soon, and maybe the forum can pinpoint the dates.
Some Sand Knitting Mills history:
Sand – Knit was started by John Sand in Chicago, Illinois in 1921. Sand-Knit was a manufacturer of custom athletic uniforms, award sweaters and jackets. Sales and distribution were accomplished thru nationwide team athletic dealers. Sand-Knit operated in Chicago until 1953 when John Sand re-located the business to Berlin, Wisconsin.

[34swtns]

What year did Wilson begin to employ Sand-Knit to make it's NFL gamers? I'm assuming that they used someone else starting around 1991, since the fabric changed from the course nylon to the smooth.

[nyjetsfan14]

http://www.riponathletic.com/go/Rainbow/3342/en-US/DesktopDefault.aspx

[both-teams-played-hard]

1920s
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3131/1920sskvk2.jpg

1930s
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7082/1930sskdp2.jpg

Late 1940s, very early 1950s
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/973/ohio3ym3.jpg

[cohibasmoker]

Hope these scans help,

Jim

[nyjetsfan14]

Here are a couple Sand Knit tail tag examples from my NY Jets collection. Thanks for the other pics gentlemen, very interesting to see the variations/styles/progression. Hey both-teams-played-hard, are those pics you posted of football gamers? Only being a football collector I am not even knowledgeable as to if Sand Knit made gamers for other sports? Thanks again and I hope more are able to post their examples. Happy Memorial Day.

[nyjetsfan14]

Sorry: the first is from my 1972 Ed Galigher dureen- double tagged on the crotch piece and the other is from my 1989 Joe Prokop dureen.

[both-teams-played-hard]

The images I posted are from basketball jerseys. Sand Knit has made many basketball jerseys for many years, NBA and NCAA. They made a few MLB jerseys in the late 70s and early 80s. Any Sand Knit "MacGregor" jersey is post 1985.