old official swim trunks?

[willysjeep 10]

We just came across one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen in the troop's Uniform Exchange. Somebody donated an old old pair of thick, stretch knit, yellow and red horizontal striped swim trunks with a BSA official tag inside. When on earth did the BSA make these things? Honestly, if they weren't so form fitting I might be tempted to get a pair for the polar bear swim at summer camp. Might be a good joke, sort of an incentive or gag to get more people in the water or something. But none the less they are very interesting. I have never even seen reference to them on line anywhere. Anybody know anything about them?

[scoutldr 732]

1950's - early 60's I think. I saw them in an old BSA catalog a while back. They went the way of the official BSA shoes.

[Bob White 20]

I had a pair official BSA stretch knit red swim trunks with a scout emblem embroidered on the right leg about the size of a half dollar. this was in the late 1960s.

[Eamonn 61]

And I thought that OJ wearing OA Boxers was over the top !!

Eamonn