Former UVA quarterback Shawn Moore shares a similar sentiment, which is why his parents, Sarah and Harold, have been safeguarding his jersey and iconic white helmet – the one with the blue and orange stripes down the middle – in their Martinsville home for years.
“I like the old-school look that we used to portray back in the day. I loved our whole uniform,” Moore said. “It was simplistic. We didn’t even have our names on back of the jerseys back then.”
Some of the trademarks on Parkhill’s and Moore’s old uniforms – along with others from UVA teams in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s – are part of the inspiration for the new “Virginia Vintage Collection,” now available online and at the UVA Bookstore. The collection includes those Parkhill- and Moore-era designs for apparel, but also gifts and home goods.