Don't let the simplicity fool you. Any NFL or Lions fan who followed the club on TV, in the newspapers or in Street & Smith's knows that their 1960's standard uniform design, highlighted by silver Northwestern sleeve striping, was abandoned during the preseason and early season in favor of "hot weather friendly" mesh with screened on identifiers and stripeless sleeves. This drastic change occurred between 1967-1969, and this style coexisted with the traditional heavy durenes during this period. The website shows various players wearing this exact style featuring Champion's simplistic screened on numeral font. Champion's label size 52 is sewn onto the left front tail and the jersey shows an acceptable level of wear. Karras' jerseys are scarce and just as the affable Greek tackle was not exactly Paul Newman, this jersey's value and appeal lies in its scarcity and status as a forerunner to the '70's painted on mesh. Only its mother could love this jersey's stemless "7's" and miniscule screened-on sleeve numerals, but hope rings eternal with the cotton ribbed round neck.

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