South Australia (SANFL) interstate footy jumpers

THE HISTORY OF REPRESENTATIVE / INTERSTATE FOOTBALL

SOUTH AUSTRALIA - UNIFORMS

THE TIMELINE

EVOLUTION OF THE JUMPER

SPONSOR PATCHES

THE TIMELINE

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1879-1880

1890

1891-1894

1899-1907 (June) V.1

1899-1907 (June) V.2

1905 (June vs VFA) numbers trialled

NOTE: the 1881 uniform is not shown above - the South Australian team wore red, white and yellow but the actual design remains unknown

1907 (July-Aug.)

1908 (June)

1908 (Carnival)

1909-1914

1911 (numbers added)

1913 (new numbers)

1919 (July)

1919 (Aug)-1920

1921

1922

1923 (June)

1923 (July)-1924

1925-1926

1927-1929

1928 (July vs WA)

1930

1931

1932

1933-1934 (June)

1934 (July vs WA)

1935

1936 (July vs WA) (V.1) blue numbers

1936 (Aug)-1941 (V.2) gold numbers

1936 (Aug)-1941 (V.3) long-sleeved

1944

1945

1946

1947-1955 (V.1) long-sleeved

1947-1952 (V.2) sleeveless blue

1953-1955 (V.3) sleeveless red

1956-1957

1958-1960

1961-1969

1970-1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981-1985

1986

1987-1989

1990-1992

1993 - Origin

1993 - SANFL Rep.

1994 - Origin

1994 - SANFL Rep.

1995 - Origin

1995 - SANFL Rep.

1996 - Origin

1996 - SANFL Rep.

1997 - Origin

1997 - SANFL Rep.

1998 - Origin

1998 - SANFL Rep.

1999 - Origin

1999 - SANFL Rep.

2000

2001-2003

2005

2006

2008

2009

2012-2013

2014

2015

2016

2018

2019

EVOLUTION OF THE JUMPER

Trial and error sums up South Australia's long road to the classic double V design that we associate with them today.

Their first design to be worn consistently was a black and white striped jacket (first worn 9 months before Collingwood FC was formed and adopted a similar uniform). In 1907-08 the SAFA led a push for a uniform set of colours to be adopted by South Australian representative teams. This resulted in a number of chocolate brown and turquoise blue uniforms over the next twenty years.

A second push by the SANFL in 1929-30 for uniform State colours was far more successful and resulted in all South Australian sporting bodies adopting red, navy blue and gold. However, the SANFL could not find the right design to make these colours work, wearing six different designs in seven seasons during the 1930s.

It wasn't until 1936 that the first double V was worn and after much searching, the South Australians had finally found a style to build from.

SPONSOR PATCHES

SOUTH AUSTRALIA - LEAGUE / STATE LOGOS

The first league logo was added to the State jumper for the 1958 National Carnival and remained unchanged until 1977 when a special patch was worn to mark the SANFL's 100th anniversary.

A short-lived SANFL logo was used in 1978-79 before the classic SANFL logo was introduced in 1980. This logo has undergone some minor tweaks over the years and remains in use today.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SPONSOR PATCHES

1986 was the 150th anniversary of the formation of the colony/state of South Australia and a special patch was worn to mark this occasion.

In 1990 the SANFL finally broke with tradition and wore a sponsor patch on the State jumper for the first time. West End were the first, and to date, only company to sponsor the South Australian team. The longevity of this deal is only rivalled in Australian football by Geelong FC's long-running jumper sponsorship deal with Ford which has remained in place since 1977.