Though Corridor of Fame quarterback Dan Marino not too long ago known as for a swap, the Miami Dolphins haven’t any plans to advertise their 1966 throwback uniforms to major standing, chief government officer Tom Garfinkel informed reporters in the course of the Dolphins Most cancers Problem on Saturday.
“I love our throwbacks,” Garfinkel stated in the course of the occasion, which raised greater than $14 million for most cancers analysis. “I love when we wear them. I love celebrating our history. I think they’re very appropriate for celebrating our history, and it keeps them special that we wear them a couple of times a year.”
Miami has worn the house model of the throwback uniforms not less than as soon as each season since 2015, after they have been launched as a part of the franchise’s fiftieth season celebration. A highway model was then added to the rotation in 2019.
The house model incorporates a conventional striping sample on the sleeves of the aqua jerseys, white helmets with a grey facemask and classic logos on the edges and white pants, whereas the highway model naturally features a white jersey. Each are full with socks with stripes that match the sleeves.
The Dolphins are 10-4 within the house model of the throwback uniforms, together with a 22-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Dec. 24, and 2-3 within the highway model, together with a 31-17 win over the New England Patriots on Oct. 29. This marked the fourth time they wore each in the identical 12 months, becoming a member of the 2019-21 seasons.
That stated, Marino – who at present serves as a particular advisor to Garfinkel – was requested earlier this month by Mike Florio of Professional Soccer Speak what it might take for him to persuade proprietor Stephen Ross to make the throwback uniforms their major look shifting ahead.
“I’d like to see them come back, too, because they look great – especially when we have those games where we’re wearing the throwbacks,” Marino stated. “But, at the same time, he owns the team. I don’t think he wants to hear that question anymore. Just better leave it along. Leave it alone.”
Miami initially wore this design from 1966-86, a span that included 5 Tremendous Bowl appearances and two championships, earlier than switching to a model with its major emblem and smaller stripes on the sleeves in 1987. That coincided with the opening of Onerous Rock Stadium – recognized then as Joe Robbie Stadium.
The throwback look returned briefly as an alternate in the course of the NFL’s seventy fifth anniversary in 1994, however was tucked away because the Dolphins underwent redesigns in 1997 and 2013, the latter of which included a model new emblem that ditched the mascot leaping by means of a sunburst in favor of a swimming dolphin.
