49ers unveil new uniforms with an old look

2022-05-28 01:07:37 By : Mr. MIN QIAN

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Linebacker Fred Warner models the 49ers' 2022 uniform.

The 49ers' 2022 uniforms will feature their classic "saloon font."

The 49ers will return to three stripes on their sleeves in 2022, a look they've had throughout most of their 76-year history.

The 49ers’ new uniforms have an old look.

The team unveiled its 2022 threads on Monday that feature the classic “saloon font” script the 49ers sported throughout their dynasty days. In addition, their sleeves will have three white stripes - a look they’ve sported throughout most of the franchise’s 76-year history - after their uniforms had two stripes for the past five seasons.

The 49ers, in a news release announcing the changes, said they were “fulfilling years of fan requests to bring back design elements” from their classic uninforms.

The 49ers reintroduced the saloon font script in their end zones in 2018. In 2022, “49ers” will be spelled out in the script on their jersey below the neckline and on the back of their helmets, on the bottom.

The 49ers used the script on their uniforms for 32 years, starting in 1972, a period that included all five of the franchise’s Super Bowl victories.

Linebacker Fred Warner modeled the new uniform in the pictures the 49ers included as part of Monday’s announcement.

“The jerseys are dope,” Warner said. “I like the extra stripe on the shoulder and more of that old-school look on the front ... We’ll be looking good.”

Eric Branch covers the 49ers fro The San Francisco Chronicle. Email: ebranch@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @Eric_Branch

Eric Branch has covered the 49ers at the San Francisco Chronicle since 2011, when he arrived after covering the team in 2010 at the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. A graduate of UCLA, he's won nine national APSE awards in various divisions, including recognition in 2018 for a breaking-news story on the arrest of 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster. He was included in the "Best American Sports Writing 2001," under notable writing of that year, for a column on the ups and down of being a small-town sportswriter when he was at the Alexandria (La.) Town Talk. Before covering the 49ers, he covered endless events, from archery tournaments to lawnmower races, while also working at the Logansport (Ind.) Pharos-Tribune, York (Pa.) Daily Record and San Luis Obispo Tribune.