1960s
Never StartedThe New York Yankees never put names on their Jerseys.
The New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and San Francisco Giants do not display their players' names on their home uniforms. While the Red Sox and Giants have their players' names on their away jerseys, the Yankees do not display them on their road jerseys.
It tends to be a matter of home team etiquette overcoming blatant commercial advertising of a player's name. Teams like the Red Sox and Dodgers and Yankees (the Red Sox are the only one I can name for sure) don't put the names of the players on the home jerseys, probably because the hometown faithful are expected to know who they are. On the road jerseys, however, their names are listed, as is the case with any teams that have blank home jerseys that I know of. **** Correction. The Yankees do not have their names on their home jerseys OR their away jerseys.
George Atkinson has two sons; their names are Josh and George. Both of them went on to play football, either in college or professionally.
College football, as a whole, doesn't decide on when to do anything. The institutions themselves decide whether or not to place names on the back of jerseys, and to this day, some teams have names and some do not.
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The Chicago White Sox had names on their names for the road jerseys in 1960. In 1961, they had it for the home as well as their road jerseys.
There are a few college football teams that do not have names on their jerseys, including USC (University of Southern California) and Penn State. This tradition harkens back to a time when player identification was not necessary, and it is often seen as a symbol of team unity and focus on the collective rather than individual recognition. The lack of names on jerseys can also create a sense of mystery and intrigue for fans and opponents alike.
When the National Football League and the American Football League merged in 1970, all players began wearing their names on their uniform jerseys. Before the merger, only the AFL teams wore jerseys with names.
1960s
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The NFL did not start putting names on its jerseys until the 1970s. The AFL did it in the 1960s and the NFL adopted the practice after the merger. Prior to 1970, no NFL team had names on the back of the jerseys. This has been verfied by both the NFL and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Player names were added to the back on Michigan jerseys in 1980.
Penn State University
Because the NCAA does not allow college football players to have their name in a football game.
Never StartedThe New York Yankees never put names on their Jerseys.