The Horror! 13 of the worst sports kits of all-time

Seve Ballesteros had style by the bucketload. Roger Federer has it by the bandana-full. These people… just don’t have it.

WHEN YOU DECIDE to push the limits and carry off a ‘challenging’ piece of kit, style success becomes a question of balance between a number of factors. Are you cool enough to get away with it? Are you good enough to get away with not being cool? Are you inconspicuous enough to go unnoticed?

Sometimes, though, even answering one of those questons in the affirmative isn’t enough to save you.

What have we forgotten?

The Horror! 13 of the worst sports kits of all-time

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Davis Love III-- c. mid-life crisis.
Source: Mike Groll/AP/Press Association Images
US Ryder Cup Team-- final day, 1999
Source: DOUG MILLS/AP/Press Association Images
Everton FC-- away kit (2010/11)
Source: Joe Giddens/EMPICS Sport
Liverpool FC-- FA Cup Final suit, 1996
Source: EMPICS EMPICS SPORTS PHOTOS/EMPICS Sport
AC Fiorentina-- away kit (1992/3 season)
Source: Andy Donnelly
Stade Francais-- so many...
Source: John Walton/EMPICS Sport
Bethanie Mattek-Sands-- Wimbledon 2011
Source: Sean Dempsey/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Jorge Campos-- his entire international career
Slovenia-- World Cup 2010 away kit (the Charlie Brown jerseys)
Source: Adam Davy/EMPICS Sport
Vancouver Canucks-- early Eighties
Source: CP CANADIAN PRESS/The Canadian Press/Press Association Images
Mark Spitz-- 1972 Olympic Games
Source: -/AP/Press Association Images
Packie Bonner-- USA '94
Source: Neal Simpson/EMPICS Sport
Chicago White Sox-- August 8th, 1976
Source: Creative Commons