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From the tagging, I date this jersey from the late 70s to the very early 80s. The '76 Olympic team wore a different style. The '80 team boycotted the games, but did have Trials and preliminary games against "warm up" teams.
The only team photo of the '80 team, shows the team wearing warm-up jerseys. Could this be from the Pan-American games or other international competition? Also, during this era, the University of South Alabama wore jerseys with "SOUTH ALABAMA" on front (also, red, white and blue). In other years, So. Alabama has worn jerseys with "USA" on front. It is also very rare to see college or high school basketball jerseys with single digit uniform numbers during this era. Of course, single digit uniform numbers in international play is standard. Do the photos of my USA jersey trigger any memories? Could this jersey be from the 1980 team?
Can any Olympic Basketball fans offer some insight?
The only team photo of the '80 team, shows the team wearing warm-up jerseys. Could this be from the Pan-American games or other international competition? Also, during this era, the University of South Alabama wore jerseys with "SOUTH ALABAMA" on front (also, red, white and blue). In other years, So. Alabama has worn jerseys with "USA" on front. It is also very rare to see college or high school basketball jerseys with single digit uniform numbers during this era. Of course, single digit uniform numbers in international play is standard. Do the photos of my USA jersey trigger any memories? Could this jersey be from the 1980 team?
Can any Olympic Basketball fans offer some insight?
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