The iconic varsity jacket's origins trace all the way back to Harvard University in the year 1865.
Harvard's baseball team at the time was the first known group of students to sew large old English "H" patches onto their uniforms.
But these uniforms weren't varsity jackets, so to speak. Not yet, at least.
The Harvard uniform was basically a thick-knitted gray flannel pullover and, with the giant "H" sewn right onto the center, these soon came to be known as "letterman" sweaters.
Ali so obdržali pulover?
The story goes that although lettered sweaters were soon provided to each player, in the spirit of good-natured competition, players involved in the year's most momentous games got to keep theirs while the rest had to return their letterman sweaters at the end of the season.
Nogometna ekipa na Harvardu naj bi 10 let pozneje sprejela puloverje s črkami. Jopice so postale priljubljene pred puloverji, zato je bilo treba črko prestaviti iz središča prsnega koša na levo.
Today's Varsity Jacket
Kmalu so različne ekipe iz različnih šol, iz vsega naroda, imele puloverje s črkami in sčasoma so srednje šole začele stopati po stopnicah svojih kolegialnih predhodnikov.
By 1930, the varsity jacket finally took on the form we're so familiar with – wool jackets, leather sleeves and chenille lettering.
Sodobne univerzitetne jakne, kot so tiste, ki jih ponuja United Sport Apparel, imajo celo žepe za mobilni telefon.
Varsity jackets have changed a lot over the years, but one thing that hasn't changed is that varsity jackets are a sign of achievement. You've earned your varsity jacket and now, with the ability to customize jackets with different colors, patches, designs and so on, each jacket can be as unique as the student wearing it.
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Tako kot vi je tudi United vložil 110 odstotkov, da bi izpopolnil našo igro. S proizvodnjo naših srednješolskih športnih jaken smo tako ponosni kot športniki in študenti, ki jih nosijo. Z več kot 65-letnimi izkušnjami zagotavljamo najvišjo kakovost ročno-izdelanih športnih oblačil po meri za ekipe, podjetja in profesionalce.
Our custom letterman jackets are hand-made in the United States, using only the finest wool and leather materials, highest quality stitching, a wide variety of colors and hundreds of chenille patches and varsity letters.
