Given the recent bagging of my beloved Hammers jerseys, what are the worst uniforms in sporting history?

My personal vote would probably go for this:

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A Hawthorn Hawks AFL pre-season singlet that is so hideous that I believe the players wanted to get knocked out of the first round so they wouldn't have to wear it again.

I do have a soft spot for this however. Whoever designed this had one too many pucks to the head:

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I don't know if this fits the topic, but I hate the Arizona Cardinals (American football) uniform with all the red down to the shoe with no contrasting socks and a strange white S-shaped graphic on their legs.

While we're on the subject, when did leggings (or whatever those stretchy things along the sides of socks ar called)(Edit: they're called stirrups) fall out of favor with baseball uniforms? Now they just wear tapered pants and it looks blase to me.

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AGN Fuel, if they just replaced the number on the back with the phrase 'kick me' it would be good to go.

I agree, though at least a few players still wear their uniform "old school".

My Browns tend to get bagged on for having ugly uniforms. Orange and brown. But I've been a fan since birth, so I don't think there's anything ugly or unusual about 'em.

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It bothers me that some players on a team wear pants, while others on the same team wear stirrups. They're called 'uniforms' for a reason.

Yes, the fashion in Major League Baseball now seems to be to have the pants extend all the way down to the bottom of the heel of the shoes. Looks like they are stepping on their pants. I really prefer the older look.

Hey, you kids get off my lawn!

edited to add my vote for worst uniform, the Houston Astros rainbow uniform from the 70's or 80's.

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Our cross-country team has to wear short shorts that always ride up. The only way one can comfortably wear them is by wearing other shorts underneath.

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I think that all sports uniforms are neat. There are no ugly ones.
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I'd say that what people wear when playing tournament golf is uniformly horrendous.

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Bicycle pants.

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Detroit Pistons uniforms of the late 1990's. This is not-so-affectionately known as "The Teal Era". Bad teams and worse uniforms, but I survived.

They aren't the worst ever, but for a city that generally has pretty solid uniforms all around, it was a low point.

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The little league team I coach has the worst uniforms. Bright orange with a dog on front wearing a neckless (not kidding). And the hats are like brown mustard colored with a big bright "B" on the front.

Without a doubt, the absolute worst sporting uniforms in the history of the universe are those currently worn by the Oregon Ducks.

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Don't they typically have like six different versions each year?

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Notoriously bad (by consensus) pro sports uniforms:

Hockey: The Vancouver Canucks had these Darth Vader jerseys with a big "V" wedge. The Philadelphia Flyers one season wore long pants which made them look like kids skating in blue jeans.

Baseball: The Seattle Pilots of 1969, their only year of existence had an ugly design with gold trim in airborne flourishes. The Houston Astros' red-orange-yellow rainbow suits of the 1970s had few admirers. The Chicago White Sox wore short pants once. Only once.

Football: The Denver Broncos first duds in the new American Football League (1960). These were hand-me-downs from some obscure college all-star bowl. They were several slightly different shades of dull yellow-brown and the socks had vertical stripes.

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Brown and yellow Pittsburgh Pirates uniforms with the flat top cylinder hat.

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Those Pirate uniforms weren't as bad as the three listed by DonM. Nor, in my opinion, the bright yellow mustard unies the Padres used to wear.

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Dunno. There was an article in USA Today (I think) that said the dam ducks have over 380 possible combinations. Some of them would look awful even if they didn't say Ducks on them.

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The Cleveland Browns have a very soulful, earthy uniform. The old Denver Broncos orange shirt, navy helmet was very stylish.

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The baseball uniforms of the 70's and 80's were almost universally bad - and not just the aforementioned Astros and Pirates. The Padres' brown-and-yellow fast-food uniforms, the Royals' powder-blue jerseys, the Brewers' blue-and-gold baseball-glove logo - shoot, it seems like the only tasteful uniforms of that era were the Yankees and Dodgers.

- Maha "uniformly atrocious" Vailo

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The University of Oregon football unis are pretty odd looking...

The University of Oregon's uniforms are hideous. The old Dallas Mavericks uniforms, with the clashing blue and green, were pretty bad too.

I remember that the Denver Broncos' current uniforms were voted the ugliest in the NFL a couple of years after they came out, with the Tennessee Titans running a close second.

@Fazor: I always like the Browns' uniforms. Not flashy, a good kind of basic. By the way, I'm not one of those ignorant people who ask "If they're the Browns why are their helmets orange?" I know why they're called the Browns.

UO is at a bit of a disadvantage given their green and yellow school colors. I suppose if you're a fan or alum you think they're great. Eye of the beholder and all.

Of course, I favor the Illinois Orange and Blue (an eye-ball burning flourescent Orange and a Navy blue so dark it's almost black). Well, if it worked for Red Grange and Dick Butkus it works for me. Most non-Big Ten fans consider Michigan's uniform to be a classic. Anyone from any other school in the conference pretty much throws up at the sight. Can you say "Over-rated?" I knew you could.

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The Brewers' emblem always looked just like a boring baseball glove to me too, until someone pointed out that the patterns in the glove showed the letters "M" and "B".

Okay, it was still boring. Not as neat at the old NHL Hartford Whalers logo, which incorporated an "H", a "W" and a Whale's tail all in a minimum of strokes.

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Federer is a great tennis player but his outfits...

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Bit of a gravedig here, but the Broncos actually revived those infamous costumes, socks and all, for the 50th anniversary of the American Football League's founding. They won the first time out, and so hung onto the threads for at least another contest.

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