Ugliest Uniforms of the Past 15 Years

Fashion disasters have long been a part of sports. In the 1870s, many baseball teams wore bowties on their jerseys. 100 years later, the Chicago White Sox decided to wear shorts for a game. And in the 1990s, for reasons we will never comprehend, almost every single expansion team in sports decided to adopt either teal or purple as a uniform color. In honor of these fashion disasters, here are our 15 ugliest jerseys of the past 15 years, uniforms that have been seen on athletes since 1996. Prepare to recoil in horror.—Johnny Goodtimes
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Ugliest Uniforms... Fashion disasters have long been a part of sports. In the 1870s, many baseball teams wore bowties on their jerseys. 100 years later, the Chicago White Sox decided to wear shorts for a game. And in the 1990s, for reasons we will never comprehend, almost every single expansion team in sports decided to adopt either teal or purple as a uniform color. In honor of these fashion disasters, here are our 15 ugliest jerseys of the past 15 years, uniforms that have been seen on athletes since 1996. Prepare to recoil in horror.—Johnny Goodtimes
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson/David Zalubowski)

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University of Ma... The University of Maryland made a splash in the headlines with these hideous new uniforms. The design was a creative play on the colors of the Maryland state flag, but the result was, well, distracting.—Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Phoenix Coyotes You know what's a nice design combo? Cactuses and diseased, one-eyed dogs. Then add a little purple trim.—Johnny Goodtimes
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New York Islande... Look at that jersey that the Islanders wore briefly in 1995-96 until fan outrage forced them to trash it. Then image search "Gorton's Fishsticks". It's a miracle the Islanders weren't sued for copyright infringement.—Johnny Goodtimes
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Detroit Pistons Expansion teams weren't the only ones to ride the hideous teal wave of the 1990s. In 1996, the Detroit Pistons decided to completely scrap the blue and red scheme they had had worn proudly for decades and adopt something more in the "Chess knight on fire in a sea of ugly" line of fashion.—Johnny Goodtimes
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Atlanta Hawks In 2004, the Hawks decided to hire an up and coming fashion consultant named Ronald McDonald.—Johnny Goodtimes
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Tampa Bay Buccan... Without a doubt, the lamest uniforms in NFL history. I was happy to discover that Tampa was wearing these until 1997, meaning I could put them on this list. The designer was obviously a big fan of sherbert.—Johnny Goodtimes
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Seattle Seahawks The Seahawks, inspired by the short lived Orlando Thunder of the World League of American Football, wore these abominations for a game in 2009.—Johnny Goodtimes
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Phoenix Coyotes The most embarrassing franchise in pro sports (at least until the Clippers lose Blake Griffith to free agency), the Coyotes aren't doing themselves any favors by wearing these maroons on maroon unis. —Johnny Goodtimes
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Anaheim Mighty D... In 1997, the Mighty Ducks took on the Coyotes in the ugliest uniform matchup in NHL playoff history. The Ducks took teal and purple, added a duck goalie mask, and named their team after a bad movie. The only way they could have had less dignity in the 1990s would have been if they had forced their coach to wear a Scrooge McDuck outfit during games.—Johnny Goodtimes
(AP Photo/Jeff Robbins)

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Oregon Ducks The only uniforms ever created that doctors recommend you wear sunglasses to look directly at.—Johnny Goodtimes
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Jorge Campos This former goalie for Mexico's national team designed his own jerseys. I use the term "designed" loosely, as I'm not really sure if humiliating yourself by wearing as much bright green and pink as possible really counts as "design", per se.—Johnny Goodtimes
(AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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San Diego Padres Has anybody seen the Padres? Anyone? Anyone? Oh, there they are. I couldn't see them for a second hidden in all of that camouflage.—Johnny Goodtimes
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Toronto Raptors If the Toronto Raptors had stolen any more liberally from Barney in the 1990s the team would have entered the court singing, "I love you, you love me..."—Johnny Goodtimes
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Washington Wizar... In 2006, the Wizards looked back through their history books, found the only uniform they had ever worn that was uglier than the teal they wore at the time, and decided to go with it. Merlin must have rolled over in his grave.—Johnny Goodtimes
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Tampa Bay Devil ... Multicolored letters. Prehistoric sea cows swimming all over the hat and shirt. Whoever designed these Devil Rays unis from the late 90s should be whiling away in a Mongolian gulag.—Johnny Goodtimes
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Wyoming Cowboys There was one person on earth who who thought the San Diego Padres looked good in the 1970s. And that person designed the Wyoming Cowboys football uniforms.—Johnny Goodtimes
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Not Just Michael... To see stars playing football, baseball, hockey, basketball, and soccer who wore the No. 23, click here.