Thanks for the kind words. I am a huge Falcons fan and have been collecting their jerseys for many years. My goal has been to get a home and road jersey from every season with no particular preference on the players.
The Falcons were one of the first teams to apply year tags as they have been doing this for the most part since the mid-1970s (one of the few teams doing so in the 1970s and '80s), so it makes it a bit easier to identify the exact year. However, like most teams, they were/are norotious for "recycling" jerseys in subsequent seasons. Also, the lack of a year tag shouldn't cause panic as not all Falcons jerseys contain year tags (1996 jerseys did not have a year tag), and many of the tags washed out of the 1970s and '80s jerseys.
I didn't know where to start with photos, so I tried to put together various jerseys to give a taste of the various styles worn over the years. If anyone ever needs help with Falcons jerseys or needs to know when various changes were made to their jerseys, please never hesitate to ask.
Mark Hayne
Gridiron Exchange
gixc@verizon.net
Always looking for Falcons, WFL, and AFL/NFL durene jerseys, and Willie McGee and Darren Lewis game-used items.
1967 DURENE - ONE-YEAR STYLE WITH WHITE BIRD LOGOS (#72-Don Talbert)
EARLY 1970s DURENE OF SAFETY RAY BROWN
EARLY 1970s DURENE OF CB KEN REAVES (ORIGINAL FALCON)
1970s MESH JERSEYS - GERMANY IS RARE 3/4 LENGTH SLEEVE MESH JERSEY
1980s JERSEYS - NOTE THE VARIOUS STRIPE DESIGNS & LOCATION OF BIRD LOGOS ON SLEEVES
VARIOUS MEMORIAL & ANNIVERSARY PATCHES AND SUPER BOWL PATCH
THROWBACK JERSEY WORN BY LANCE ZENO IN 1994 HALL OF FAME GAME VS SAN DIEGO
VARIOUS YEAR TAGS
3 ALL-TIME FAVORITE FALCONS RECEIVERS - STILL NEED ALFRED JENKINS - CAN ANYONE HELP?
RODDY WHITE'S UAB (MY ALMA MATER) JERSEY FROM HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR IN 2002 - HAS LEGION FIELD PATCH ON FRONT LEFT SHOULDER
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