Lazio Jersey 1951-52
For the 1951-52 season Lazio wore four different shirts.
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They started with a plain, short-sleeved, celeste polo-style jersey with white collar flaps, worn during the summer and in the early games of the season. They then moved to a more classic long-sleeved version with a buttoned collar. A white alternative also appeared, featuring a classic celeste V-neck.
The most distinctive version was worn for the final league match of the season, Lazio–Milan on June 1, 1952, played at the Stadio Torino in Rome. On that occasion, the Biancocelesti took to the field in unusual light sky-blue shirts with six buttons, a design strongly reminiscent of the shirts worn by Lazio players during the first decades of the club's history.
Rather than being a purpose-made football shirt, the garment was derived from the civilian clothing fashionable at the time, particularly in South America. Its simplicity gives it a remarkably modern appearance today: a pale celeste body, a buttoned front and a straightforward, elegant cut.
The choice was also a nostalgic one. After decades of evolution in football clothing, Lazio were effectively looking back to their origins, when players had taken to the field in relatively simple shirts rather than the increasingly specialised football jerseys that would become standard in the post-war period.
The shirt therefore occupies an interesting place in Lazio's history. It was not simply another variation of the club's colours, but a deliberate visual link between the Lazio of the early 1900s and the post-war team of 1952.
There is something especially appealing about the design: at a time when football shirts were becoming increasingly recognisable as sporting equipment, Lazio chose to look backwards. The pale blue civilian-style shirt brought a little of 1900 back to Lazio in 1952, making it one of the most unusual and historically evocative jerseys in the club's collection.
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