Miami Dolphins Announce 50th Season Plans

With former players such as Bob Griese, Nat Moore, Jeff Cross, Sam Madison and Hall of Fame coach Don Shula in attendance, the Miami Dolphins announced its plans to honor the 50th anniversary of its team.

Plans will include a throwback jersey, commemorative book, voting for the team’s top 50 players and the greatest game in Dolphins history. Miami will also have different themes for each home game at Sun Life Stadium.

As part of the celebration, Dolphins fans, media and alumni will be able to vote for the top 50 players in team history. Voting is scheduled to begin in July and the team plans will release a video anthology of the organization’s history. 

“We’re going to try and do everything we can through our media content to educate and make sure the fans have a better understanding of the rich, traditional history of the Miami Dolphins,” Moore, said. 

The Dolphins also unveiled a customized 50^th season logo. This logo will be displayed on all Dolphins merchandise, 2015 campaigns, content on social media and video. The logo will also serve as a patch on all player jerseys throughout the 2015 football season.

Miami will also release a coffee table book called “Fins at Fifty.” The book will chronicle and celebrating the 50-year history of the Miami Dolphins.

The book will begin with a foreword by Shula and will be a total of 256 pages. The Dolphins will have unique photos and historical artifacts from the team’s official archives that cannot be found elsewhere. The book will be published by Skybox Press and will available for pre-sale in the Dolphins team stores, and online at DolphinsBook.com

In addition to having one white and one teal patch,  the Dolphins will also wear their custom 1966 uniforms on Dec. 14 in their Monday Night Football matchup with the New York Giants.

The Dolphins will choose between two jerseys and plan to announce the winning jersey in July.

“Some people would ask, why would you announce this now and not the first game of the year to kick off the season?” Dolphins President and CEO Tom Garfinkel said. “And that’s because really the season kicked off this week. When you see DeVante Parker out there catching passes, the other rookies are out there catching passes, the coaches are coaching up players, that means the season has begun. The 50th season has begun. So we wanted to kick that off by celebrating our 50 seasons and making some announcements today.”

The 2015 50^th Season home game themes will be as followed:

Preseason

Aug. 29 vs Atlanta Falcons: MILITARY APPRECIATION

Sept. 3 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers: USA FOOTBALL

Regular Season

Sept. 27 vs Buffalo Bills: 50^TH SEASON KICKOFF sponsored by Publix

Oct. 25 vs Houston Texans: A CRUCIAL CATCH 

Nov. 22 vs Dallas Cowboys: SALUTE TO SERVICE sponsored by Bank of America

Dec. 6 vs Baltimore Ravens: PLAY 60

Dec. 14 vs New York Giants: Alumni – THROWBACK/50^TH SEASON HOMECOMING

Dec. 27 vs. Indianapolis Colts: CELEBRATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Jan. 3 vs New England Patriots: FAN APPRECIATION

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