TAFKADixie
11-01-2009, 08:55 PM
I won't call it a grail as I think that word is thrown around way too much on here and I never even fathomed it still existed so I wasn't actively searching for it but it is definitely the centerpiece of my collection.
I just picked up Michael Dean Perry's 1986 Gator Bowl game worn jersey. I have found one team repair so far (they are tough on these on mesh jerseys) and videomatched the drastically off-center nameplate to the game film. It came from the nephew of a big-time booster in the 80s who was a friend of the Perrys. MDP gave it to him after the game as it was (and still is) customary for players to keep their bowl jerseys. You don't see Clemson bowl jerseys too often, never from the 80s, never of players who were 6 time Pro Bowlers, and surely never ones that had a sandwich named after them at McDonald's (only in Cleveland of course).
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/TAFKADixie/Jerseys/8-9-09029.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/TAFKADixie/Jerseys/8-9-09028.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/TAFKADixie/8-9-09030.jpg
I just picked up Michael Dean Perry's 1986 Gator Bowl game worn jersey. I have found one team repair so far (they are tough on these on mesh jerseys) and videomatched the drastically off-center nameplate to the game film. It came from the nephew of a big-time booster in the 80s who was a friend of the Perrys. MDP gave it to him after the game as it was (and still is) customary for players to keep their bowl jerseys. You don't see Clemson bowl jerseys too often, never from the 80s, never of players who were 6 time Pro Bowlers, and surely never ones that had a sandwich named after them at McDonald's (only in Cleveland of course).
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/TAFKADixie/Jerseys/8-9-09029.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/TAFKADixie/Jerseys/8-9-09028.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a83/TAFKADixie/8-9-09030.jpg