Thank you to one of our readers, Rick, who gave us some great evidence that Floyd Wicker can be seen wearing #35 in the video seen below, making this most likely from 1968. The video shows “the future of sports styles.” Yeah, ok. The curious part is the drawings of these new prototypes shown to Red Schoendienst. Initially it just looks like a Cardinal uniform in a vest. But closer inspection shows they almost seem like overalls. There’s no belt, and the torso and legs portion are connected. And the pants go all the way to the ankle, which wouldn’t happen until George Hendrick popularized it in the late 70s.
It is our assumption that these uniforms were the prototypes to the impending polyester pullover uniforms of 1971. We have done our best to mock up what we think the prototype in the movie looks like, but also we show a traditional looking Cardinals uniform with a vest. We do not know the full intentions of these prototypes.
Cardinals Uniforms & Logos 