A Brief Hisstory of the Pasadena Rugby jersey

Thanks to Wally for his input... (NOTE: Spelling and gramatical errors are his)

Some time ago was the maroon on top, white on bottom. (See photo, 1986 below).

It was followed by the "Cranberry and Mustard" jersey. Solid red-like color with a single thick gold stripe across the upper chest.

Not sure when it came into effect, but in the 1990 and 1991 seasons we had maroon and white stripes (white collar). Maroon stripes were big (3 inches?) and white ones were small (1/4 or 1/2 inch).

1992 -1993 we had maroon and white quarter-panels. These years (and in 1994) players bought there own jerseys. Numbers were up to the discretion of the player, and were often absent.

1994, we were solid maroon with khaki collars and cuffs. It was also the first time (in memory) we had a patch...tough to describe.

For the 1995 season, Gary Patterson came up with the candy-striper jersey. The black rose was my idea. Gary wanted to put a red rose on the jersey. Wally pointed out that red seemed a bit too much like copying England and not likely to show up well on maroon stripes. With the Black Rose came black collar and cuffs. This was the first appearance of black that I (Wally) know of.1995- The first set of candy-striper jerseys. When we originally broke them out, there was some debate on the EC as to sleeve length. I (Wally) steadfastly insisted that we needed short sleeves, while everyone else dismissed that, saying that long sleeves (full length) were fine as we played in winter. Well, after one 95 degree February afternoon, it was decided to have them altered in time for our next game.

1997- The candy stripe replacement set - they had the mid-length sleeve, which looked ridiculous and didn't feel that great either. The replacement set with mid-length sleeve came in 196.

In 1997 it was joined by the solid maroon with candy-striped sleeves (mid-length).

1998-2000- Introduced by Jim Ciampa, they were maroon, black and white striped. The pictures in the Pasadena Weekly article (below- which were taken in the 1999 season) were candy-striper.

2001-2004- Introduced by Chris Angelica they were maroon body, black shoulders, white stripe across the shoulder line.

2005- Also known as the Hooters Jersey, these were introduced by Aaron Tanner and had the black body, maroon shoulders, and white stripes in the mid-chest with the Hooters logo (appearing on all except that owned by Graeme Fordyce)

2006-2007- Introduced by Garret Futrell, these are sponsored by Damons Sportsbook and are black and maroon striped without any white (much to the consternation of many old boys)(All years refer to the spring, the year of the regular season.)

1. Maroon bottom, white top
2. Cranberry/Mustard
3. Small white stripes4. Quarter-panels
5. Solid with khaki collars
6. Candy striper
7. Solid with Candy Striper sleeves
8. Three stripes
9. Solid with maroon shoulders
10. Hooters jersey
11. Current jersey

Known omissions- 7’s jerseys. One white body with large maroon stripe across the belly and one all white with maroon shoulders-“Pasadena Majors” on the back in a tribute to the first known origination of rugby in Pasadena crca 1940’s. Both jerseys introduced by Chris Angelica.