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STAY ON THE BALL with our weekly newsletter
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by Alex Bellos
Even if you don’t know who Aldyr Garcia Schlee is, you are definitely acquainted with his creation.
In 1953 he designed the Brazilian football strip. The yellow shirt with green collar and cuffs is today the best-known outfit in world sport – not just international football.
The shirt was first worn in 1954. To celebrate its fiftieth anniversary we asked Aldyr – who is now 69 – to write us a personal history of the shirt through all the World Cups between 1954 and 2002.
This is the result. It is a wonderful and moving story through Brazilian football, Brazilian history, Aldyr’s life and the life that the shirt took once he designed it.
Click through each year to read each chapter.
Comment on this Story
If you want to make comments about this story or send comments to Aldyr then fill in the form below or send us an email ().
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Copyright © 2004 by Aldyr Garcia Schlee.
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